疲
疲 — Exhausted
exhausted, tire, weary
On’yomiヒ (hi)
Kun’yomiつかれる (tsukareru)
Kun’yomi-づかれ (zukare)
Kun’yomiつからす (tsukarasu)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 疲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疲れ | つかれ tsukare | tiredness; fatigue |
| 疲労 | ひろう hirou | fatigue; weariness; exhaustion |
| お疲れ様 | おつかれさま otsukaresama | thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you |
| 疲れる | つかれる tsukareru | to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued |
| 疲弊 | ひへい hihei | exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment |
| 疲れ果て | つかれはて tsukarehate | being tired out |
Study notes
疲 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1263 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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