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

16 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
Variants:
small low table, tray
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 膳 【ゼン】 small dining table (usu. for a single person), serving tray (with legs), meal, food, serving, counter for bowlfuls of rice, counter for pairs of chopsticks
  • 膳越し 【ゼンゴシ】 rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks
  • 大膳 【ダイゼン】 black-bellied plover, grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
  • 陪膳 【バイゼン】 serving food (to a nobleman), nobleman's server

Readings

Japanese names:
ぜ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • mesita baja
  • bandeja (para comida)
  • comida
  • contador de palillos

Portuguese

French

3817 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2463 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1193 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1000 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29891 Morohashi
4873 New Nelson (John Haig)
2468 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1113 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
7826.5 Four corner code
7826.1 Four corner code
1-33-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81b3 Unicode hex code