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Kanji Detail for 疲 - "to tire, weary"

疲

  • Meaning

    疲 means "to tire, weary." Also associated with to wane.

    1. Tire - To exhaust; to weaken.

    2. Weary - To become fatigued; to wear out.

    3. Decline - To deteriorate; to wither.

  • Words using 疲

    • 疲れ つかれ Listen tiredness; fatigue
    • 疲労 ひろう Listen fatigue; weariness; exhaustion
    • 疲弊 ひへい Listen exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment
    • 疲れる つかれる Listen to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued
    • お疲れ様 おつかれさま Listen thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you

  • Four-character idioms with 疲

    • 疲労困憊 ひろうこんぱい Listen total exhaustion

  • Tattoo check: 疲

    • Verified meaning: to tire, weary
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to wane

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    exhausted; tire; weary

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    feel tired, be exhausted; weak

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    weary

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    weak, tired, exhausted

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Weary and exhausted. Such as saying 疲倦 (fatigued).

  • Onyomi

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    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

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    duka.re(でゅか-れ) でゅか-れ

    tsuka.rasu(つか-らす) つか-らす

    tsuka.reru(つか-れる) つか-れる

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    疒 (yamaidare)

  • Related Keywords

    to tire weary to wane wilt tired fatigue exhausted drained spent depleted worn out

Sentences including 疲

  • I'm too tired to walk.

  • I'm very tired from working all day.

  • Not bad. but i'm a little tired.

  • He was very tired.

  • I was tired , so i went straight to bed.

  • She was feeling kind of tired.

  • He was tired from reading.

  • She must be tired after a long walk.

  • He is too tired to go any farther.

  • He looked tired then.

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