珍 – rare, curious, strange

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1330 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 珍 means rare, curious, strange. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チン (chin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is めずら.しい、たから (mezurashii, takara). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 玉 (no. 96).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チン	chin
Kun’yomi	めずら.しい	mezurashii
Kun’yomi	たから	takara

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 玉 (Kangxi radical 96). Components: 王・个・彡.

Words using 珍

珍しいめずらしいrare

Example sentences

これは珍しい種類の魚です。

This is a strange kind of fish.

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Kanji with the same radical

現理球環王玉琴班珠玩

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