Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
Variants:
rare, curious, strange
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1330 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 珍 【チン】 rare, strange, odd, peculiar, curious
  • 珍紛漢紛 【チンプンカンプン】 unintelligible language, incoherent language, talking nonsense, babble, gibberish, jargon, gobbledygook
  • 袖珍 【シュウチン】 pocket size
  • 繻珍 【シュチン】 satin with raised figures

Kun reading compounds

  • 珍しい 【めずらしい】 unusual, rare, curious, new, novel, fine (e.g. gift)

Readings

Japanese names:
じん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • raro
  • extraño
  • anormal

Portuguese

  • estranho
  • curioso
  • raro

French

  • rare
  • curieux
  • étrange
1602 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1224 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2933 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1027 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
734 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
836 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1215 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1278 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1360 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1316 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1135 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
613 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
814 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1739 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20920 Morohashi
909 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3631 New Nelson (John Haig)
1723 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1859 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1281 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3160 2001 Kanji
4f5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
1812.2 Four corner code
1-36-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
73cd Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 佳肴 【カコウ】 delicacy, rare treat, good-eating fish
  • 美味佳肴 【ビミカコウ】 delicacies, epicurean dishes

Kun reading compounds

  • 肴 【さかな】 appetizer or snack served with drinks, performance to liven up a bar, conversation to liven up a party
  • 肴にする 【さかなにする】 to have as a side order (with drinks), to make fun of someone, to laugh at someone's expense
  • 酒肴 【しゅこう】 food and (alcoholic) drinks, food eaten with an alcoholic drink, accompaniment to a drink
  • 酒の肴 【さけのさかな】 appetizer or snack served with drinks, accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao2
Korean:
hyo

Spanish

  • tapa
  • acompañamiento para la bebida

Portuguese

French

  • amuse-gueule
3735 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2567 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1780 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1502 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29322 Morohashi
4767 New Nelson (John Haig)
2896 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2905 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
4022.7 Four corner code
1-26-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80b4 Unicode hex code