疲 means “tired, exhausted”

つかれる · tsukareru

Also: tire, weary

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): つかれる, つからす
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ヒ

JLPT N3 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

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The sickbed (疒) wrapped around skin (皮): weariness you feel all over. お疲れ様です, literally "you must be tired", is the greeting heard in every Japanese workplace, at the end of a shift and in the corridor at noon.

Used in 疲れる (tsukareru, to get tired), お疲れ様 (otsukaresama, thanks for your hard work), and 疲労 (hirou, fatigue)

疲 means “tired, exhausted”

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