飽
sated, tired of, bored, satiate
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
20 of 57- 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
Study
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.