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Japanese symbol for “renting”

Romaji: chinshaku
renting; rental; hiring; leasing (from)

In Japanese, renting is , read (chinshaku).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt renting; rental; hiring; leasing (from)

Kanji and stroke order

fare, fee, hire
on: チン
13 strokes · JLPT 2
borrow, rent
on: シャク
kun: か.りる
10 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “renting”

WordReadingMeaning
ちんたいしゃく chintaishakurenting; leasing
ちんがり chingarirenting; rental; hiring

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ちんぎん chinginwages; pay
やちん yachinrent
うんちん unchin(passenger) fare
ちんたい chintaileasing (out); renting out; hiring out
ちんあげ chin'agewage increase; pay rise
しゃっきん shakkindebt; loan; liabilities
かり kariborrowing; debt; loan
かりる kariruto borrow

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.