賃
fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge
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
Study
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.