EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    rare; seldom

    Usually written using kana alone

    チャンスというものはいずれにしても、まれにしかない。
    Chances come rarely in any case.

Also written 希【まれ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid)

Kun
まれまばら
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2232 of 2500
Radical
grain

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Dictionary and index codes (19)
CodeReference
1-5-7SKIP code
5d7.5The Kanji Dictionary
2492.7Four corner code
7a00Unicode hex code
1-21-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3286Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4145New Nelson (John Haig)
1189New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1523Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
805Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1099Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2611Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2657Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1640Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
25058Morohashi
2182Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
xi1Pinyin reading
heuiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)