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飽 — Sated

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#1780 most used
sated, tired of, bored, satiate
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiきる (akiru)
Kun’yomiかす (akasu)
Kun’yomi (aku)

Stroke order (13 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 飽

WordReadingMeaning
飽食ほうしょく
houshoku
eating until one is full; eating one's fill; gorging (on)
飽和ほうわ
houwa
saturation; satiation
飽きるあきる
akiru
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in
飽きあき
aki
weariness; boredom; tedium

Study notes

飽 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1780 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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