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Kotomora

飽

sated, tired of, bored, satiate

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホウ

Kun'yomi

  • あ.きる
  • あ.かす
  • あ.く

Nanori

  • あき
  • あく

Meaning

飽 centers on reaching a limit of desire or tolerance: being sated or full, and by extension tired of or bored with something from overexposure.

Most common words using 飽

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  • 飽きるあきる
    N3

    to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to grow weary of; to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become bored with

  • 飽和ほうわ
    N1

    saturation; satiation

  • 飽くあく

    to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to grow weary of; to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become bored with

  • 飽食ほうしょく

    eating until one is full; eating one's fill; gorging (on); satiation

  • 飽き性あきしょう

    fickle nature; flighty temperament; inconstant person

  • 飽きあき
    N1

    weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness

  • 飽きっぽいあきっぽい
    N2

    easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious

  • 一価不飽和脂肪酸いっかふほうわしぼうさん

    monounsaturated fatty acid

  • 不飽和ふほうわ

    unsaturated

  • 不飽和化合物ふほうわかごうぶつ

    unsaturated compound

  • 不飽和炭化水素ふほうわたんかすいそ

    unsaturated hydrocarbon

  • 不飽和結合ふほうわけつごう

    unsaturated bond

  • 不飽和脂肪酸ふほうわしぼうさん

    unsaturated fatty acid

  • 多価不飽和脂肪酸たかふほうわしぼうさん

    polyunsaturated fatty acid

  • 市場の飽和状態しじょうのほうわじょうたい

    market saturation

  • 意味飽和いみほうわ

    semantic satiation

  • 暖衣飽食だんいほうしょく

    well-fed and well-dressed

  • 美人は三日で飽きるびじんはみっかであきる

    beauty is only skin-deep; one gets tired of a beauty in three days

  • 聞き飽きるききあきる

    to be tired of hearing

  • 聴衆を飽かさないちょうしゅうをあかさない

    holding the attention of the audience

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Etymology

飽 combines 食 (food/eat) with 包, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of wrapping or containing, suggesting being filled with food to the point of satiety.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 飠 is food, and the right side 包 looks like a wrap or container. Picture eating so much food that you are wrapped up in fullness, completely sated and tired of eating.

Reading mnemonic

For ホウ, imagine a huge bowl of food that you eat until you're full, and then you let out a satisfied 'hoo' sound: hoo -> ホウ, as you push the bowl away, sated.