Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

珍: rare, curious

Also: strange

JLPT N29 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

王 carries the meaning · 人 and 彡 are drawn in

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

チンchin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 珍味ちんみdelicacy, dainty
  • 珍品ちんぴんcurio, rare article
  • 珍現象ちんげんしょうstrange phenomenon
  • 珍妙なちんみょうなqueer, odd
  • 珍紛漢紛なちんぷんかんぷんなgibberish
  • 珍重するちんちょうするprize, value highly, treasure

めずらしいmezurashii · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 珍しいめずらしいunusual, rare

Also read たから, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)玉 (meaning) + 㐱 (sound)

Originally meant a rich, robust gemstone (玉), and then also developed the meaning of "rare".

Source: Wiktionary, 珍 (rev. 93381761), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Jewel (王) + hair/texture. Represents a "jewel" with a unique and "curious" texture—something that is "rare" and hard to find.”
From the 玉 jewelry story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
王

Also built on jewelry (王)

All 35
人

Also built on person (人)

All 21
彡

Also built on hair-style (彡)

All 13

Also read チン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
珍 rare · 人 + 彡
vs玲 sound of jewels · 令
珍 has 人 + 彡 where 玲 has 令.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhēn

Same form: 珍 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
珍 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
珍 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhēn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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