珍
珍 — Rare
rare, curious, strange
On’yomiチン (chin)
Kun’yomiめずらしい (mezurashii)
Kun’yomiたから (takara)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 珍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 珍 | ちん chin | rare; strange; odd |
| 珍しい | めずらしい mezurashii | rare; uncommon; unusual |
| 珍重 | ちんちょう chinchou | prizing; valuing highly; esteeming |
| 珍味 | ちんみ chinmi | delicacy; dainties |
| 珍品 | ちんぴん chinpin | curio; rare article |
| 珍事 | ちんじ chinji | strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event |
Study notes
珍 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1330 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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