漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
飽: sated, tired of
Also: bored, satiate
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
飠 carries the meaning · 包 gives the sound
13 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 飽和するほうわするsaturate
- 飽食するほうしょくするglut oneself, eat well
あきるakiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 飽きるあきるget tired of [v.i.]
- 飽きっぽいあきっぽいfickle, capricious
- 飽き飽きするあきあきするbe bored, be sick of
あかすakasu · kun'yomi
- 飽かすあかすsatiate, glut, indulge [v.t.]
Also read あく, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A feast under the lid! Imagine lifting the cover of a steaming pot to find a meal prepared with care.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
包
Also built on wrap (包)
飽 takes the 包 family's reading, ホウ (hou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side飽 sated · 包
vs飼 domesticate · 司In ChineseSimplified 饱 · traditional, as in Japanese · bǎo
Japan keeps the traditional form 飽; mainland China simplifies it to 饱.
- Simplified
- 饱 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 飽 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bǎo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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