Meaning

Hope, Beg, Request, Pray, Beseech, Greece, Dilute (acid), Rare, Few, Phenomenal

Readings

Radical

巾 — cloth (Kangxi radical #50)

Components

• 乂
• 布 — Linen

Example sentences

• 希望を捨てるべきではありません。You should not give up your hope.
• 彼らの全員が希望を捨てなかった。No one gave up hope.
• 人間の胸に希望は永遠にわき出る。Hope springs eternal in the human breast.

Appears in

Not used as a component of other kanji in this set.