希薄

きはく

thin (air)

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Meanings

also 稀薄

na-adjective, noun thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied
lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)

Its kanji

希キ、ケ · まれ、こいねが.う hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
薄ハク · うす.い、うす-、-うす、うす.める、うす.まる、うす.らぐ、うす.ら-、うす.れる、すすき dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

In sentences

高山こうざんでは空気くうきが希薄きはくになる。 The air is rarefied on high mountains. #173198