This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: チン、めずら.しい、たから
Romaji: chin, mezura.shii, takara
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: じん
Romaji: jin
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

rare, curious, strange

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  96
Frequency:  1330
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  jin
Chinese Reading:  zhen1
Unicode:  73cd
JIS:  4441

Indexes

Halpern Index: 909
Nelson Index: 2933
New Nelson Index: 3631
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4f5.6
Four Corner Index: 1812.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1602
Gakken Index: 1224
Japanese Names Index: 836
Daikanwanjiten Index: 20920
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0902
Remembering the kanji Index: 1723
Kanji Flashcards Index: 734
Kodansha Compact Index: 1316
Kanji in Context Index: 1360
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 613
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 814
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1739
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1859
Essential Kanji Index: 1027
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1135
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3160
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1281

Words

(ちん)
rare; curious; strange
珍重 (ちんちょう)
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
珍紛漢紛 (ちんぷんかんぷん、チンプンカンプン)
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible; babble; gibberish; jargon; gobbledygook
珍味 (ちんみ)
delicacy; dainties
珍本 (ちんぽん)
rare book
珍しい (めずらしい)
unusual; rare; curious; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
珍事 (ちんじ)
strange occurrence; unusual occurrence; unexpected occurrence
事珍し (ことめずらし)
unusual; rare; curious
珍種 (ちんしゅ)
rare species
珍什 (ちんじゅう)
rare article; rare utensil
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