Japanese symbol for “irrelevance”
頓珍漢
とんちんかん
Romaji: tonchinkan
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
In Japanese, irrelevance is 頓珍漢, read とんちんかん (tonchinkan).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
Written forms: 頓珍漢. Readings: とんちんかん、トンチンカン.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “irrelevance”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 散布度 | さんぷど sanpudo | irrelevance; prevarication; spread |
| 散布量 | さんぷりょう sanpuryou | irrelevance; prevarication; spread |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 整頓 | せいとん seiton | orderliness; put in order; tidying up |
| 頓挫 | とんざ tonza | setback; deadlock; standstill |
| 頓着 | とんちゃく tonchaku | being concerned about or mindful of |
| 頓服 | とんぷく tonpuku | dose of medicine to be taken only once; medicine ordered for a single use |
| 素っ頓狂 | すっとんきょう suttonkyou | wild; freakish; madcap |
| 珍しい | めずらしい mezurashii | rare; uncommon; unusual |
| 珍味 | ちんみ chinmi | delicacy; dainties |
| 珍重 | ちんちょう chinchou | prizing; valuing highly; esteeming |
| 漢字 | かんじ kanji | kanji; Chinese character |
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