EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    scarce; rare

    古代において塩は希少で貴重な商品であった。
    Salt was a rare and costly commodity in ancient times.

Also written 稀少【きしょう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

Kun
まれこいねが.う
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
896 of 2500
Radical
turban
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

のぞのぞみ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-5, 3-4-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
3f4.1The Kanji Dictionary
4022.7Four corner code
2944deroo
5e0cUnicode hex code
1-20-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1470Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1553New Nelson (John Haig)
2049New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2543Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1763Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1489Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1602Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
798A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
445Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
823Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8813Morohashi
447A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
676Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
689Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575sakade
495Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
470henshall3
477Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
888Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
559Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1501Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi1Pinyin reading
heuiKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

few, little

Kun
すく.ないすこ.し
On
ショウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
287 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-4, 1-1-3SKIP code
3n1.1The Kanji Dictionary
9020.0Four corner code
1160deroo
5c11Unicode hex code
1-30-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
166Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1390New Nelson (John Haig)
3467New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4278Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2163Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2915Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
111Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
231A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
88Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
129Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7475Morohashi
143A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
144Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
93sakade
47Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
160henshall3
95Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
153crowley
105Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
512Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
107Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shao3, shao4Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level