wages / rent
N2- Onyomi
- チン
- Stroke count
- 13
- JLPT
- N2
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 賃 down and you get 貝 (shell / money) — a shell, the money people once traded with. Picture a drawstring purse with coins spilling from it, put 賃 inside it, and let that scene stand for "wages" — wages / rent. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 13
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は13画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 13 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example sentences (6)
家賃が収入の三割を占めるとなると、生活は楽ではありません。
やちん が しゅうにゅう の さんわり を しめる と なる と、せいかつ は らく で は ありません。
yachin ga shuunyuu no sanwari o shimeru to naru to, seikatsu wa raku de wa arimasen.
When rent takes up thirty percent of your income, life is not easy.
この辺の家賃の相場を調べました。
この へん の やちん の そうば を しらべました。
kono hen no yachin no souba o shirabemashita.
I checked the going rate for rent in this area.
家賃を比較してから、住む場所を決めるつもりです。
やちん を ひかく して から、すむ ばしょ を きめる つもり です。
yachin o hikaku shite kara, sumu basho o kimeru tsumori desu.
I plan to decide where to live after comparing rents.
都会に住んでいると、家賃が高くて驚きます。
とかい に すんでいる と、やちん が たかくて おどろきます。
tokai ni sundeiru to, yachin ga takakute odorokimasu.
When you live in the city, you are surprised at how high the rent is.
郊外は家賃が安いです。
こうがい は やちん が やすい です。
kougai wa yachin ga yasui desu.
Rent is cheap in the suburbs.
今月の家賃はもう払いました。
こんげつ の やちん は もう はらいました。
kongetsu no yachin wa mou haraimashita.
I have already paid this month's rent.