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賃

fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • チン

Kun'yomi

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Nanori

  • すけ

Meaning

賃 centers on payment for temporary use or service: money given as fare, rent, wages, or a hiring fee.

Most common words using 賃

20 of 107
  • 賃金ちんぎん
    N1

    wages; pay

  • 家賃やちん
    N4

    rent

  • 運賃うんちん
    N2

    (passenger) fare

  • 賃貸ちんたい
    N2

    leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting

  • 賃ちん

    hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight; wages; payment

  • 賃料ちんりょう

    rent; rental

  • 賃借ちんしゃく

    renting; rental; hiring; leasing (from)

  • 賃上げちんあげ

    wage increase; pay rise

  • 賃貸借ちんたいしゃく

    renting; leasing

  • 無賃むちん

    charge-free; free of charge

  • 木賃きちん

    firewood usage fee at an inn (for cooking food brought by the guest)

  • 駄賃だちん

    reward; recompense; tip

  • 工賃こうちん

    labor cost; charge; wages; pay

  • 手間賃てまちん

    payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages

  • 賃下げちんさげ

    pay cut

  • 賃金格差ちんぎんかくさ

    pay gap; wage gap; wage differential

  • 労賃ろうちん

    wages

  • 実質賃金じっしつちんぎん

    real wages

  • 割増賃金わりましちんぎん

    extra pay

  • 名目賃金めいもくちんぎん

    nominal wages

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Etymology

賃 combines 貝 (shell, money) with 任, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of entrusting or employing. The character expresses payment entrusted for services or use.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 任 suggests a person entrusted with a task, and the bottom 貝 is money. Imagine handing money to a hired worker: that payment is the fare, rent, or wages.

Reading mnemonic

For チン, picture paying rent with a handful of shiny coins that make a 'chin' sound as they drop into the landlord's hand: chin -> チン.