Kanji N3

疲: exhausted, tire, weary

疲 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning exhausted, tire, weary, written with 10 strokes. It is read ヒ (on) and つかれる, つからす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 疲れ (つかれ, tiredness) and 疲れる (つかれる, to get tired).

疲

Meanings

  • exhausted
  • tire
  • weary
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1263 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヒ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つかれる
  • -づかれ
  • つからす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 疲

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 疲れつかれ

    tiredness; fatigue

    JLPT N3
  • 疲れるつかれる

    to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued

    JLPT N5
  • 疲労ひろう

    fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

    JLPT N1
  • 疲弊ひへい

    exhaustion; fatigue

  • お疲れ様おつかれさま

    thank you (for your hard work); good work

  • 疲れ果てつかれはて

    being tired out

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.