EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied

    高く登るにつれて、空気は希薄になる。
    As you go up higher, the air becomes thinner.
  2. lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)

Also written 稀薄【きはく】

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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

dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

Kun
うす.いうす--うすうす.めるうす.まるうす.らぐうす.ら-うす.れるすすき
On
ハク
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1009 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 40

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.11The Kanji Dictionary
4414.6Four corner code
1948deroo
8584Unicode hex code
1-39-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4075Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5225New Nelson (John Haig)
2370New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3004Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2093Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
227Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
242Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
975A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2569Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1091Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32083PMorohashi
1699A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1449Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
874Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1850Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
799Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
671Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
232Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bo2, bao2, bo4Pinyin reading
bagKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level