Chinese symbol for “rare”
罕见
hǎn jiàn
Traditional: 罕見
rare; rarely seen
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rare is 罕见 (hǎn jiàn), defined as: rare; rarely seen.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rare”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少见 (少見) | shǎo jiàn | rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you |
| 少有 | shǎo yǒu | rare; infrequent |
| 罕 | hǎn | rare |
| 稀奇 | xī qí | rare; strange |
| 稀罕 | xī han | rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 罕见.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稀罕 | xī han | rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity |
| 罕有 | hǎn yǒu | to rarely have; rare |
| 人迹罕至 (人跡罕至) | rén jì hǎn zhì | lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom); fig. off the beaten track |
| 希罕 | xī han | variant of 稀罕 (xī han) |
| 纳罕 (納罕) | nà hǎn | bewildered; amazed |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 看见 (看見) | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 见到 (見到) | jiàn dào | to see |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rare”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.