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珍 めずら.しい、たから rare, curious, strange 2 1330 9 96 たま・たまへん ・ おう・おうへん・あうさま 形声 Phonetic It's rare to see the king carrying his own parasol - typically he gets one of his attendants to do it for him (thanks to Katsuo for umbrella + shape = parasol and to Peppi for the story idea).

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チン じん 珍しい(めずらしい): (1) unusual; rare; curious (2) new; novel (3) fine (e.g. gift) S 王: king; rule; magnate人: person彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) 玉 5 (none) rare Tip: umbrella + shape : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it may be worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest "parasol" (because it is the same shape as an umbrella). REF: rare (FRAME 1723) , check-up (#1724), measles (#2574), fallible (#2720).

Kanji	珍
Onyomi	チン
Kunyomi	めずら.しい、たから
Nanori	じん
English	rare, curious, strange
Examples	珍しい(めずらしい): (1) unusual; rare; curious (2) new; novel (3) fine (e.g. gift)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1330
Components	王: king; rule; magnate 人: person 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	玉
Radical Number	96
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	rare
Koohii Story 1	It's rare to see the king carrying his own parasol - typically he gets one of his attendants to do it for him (thanks to Katsuo for umbrella + shape = parasol and to Peppi for the story idea).
Koohii Story 2	Tip: umbrella + shape : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it may be worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest "parasol" (because it is the same shape as an umbrella). REF: rare (FRAME 1723) , check-up (#1724), measles (#2574), fallible (#2720).

Rare Shape Hair Parasol Umbrella 珍 チン めずら.しい、たから

Rare Shape Hair Parasol Umbrella 珍チンめずら.しい、たから