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珍しい

めずらしい

rare, uncommon

Mnemonic

That 王 is the jewel one rather than the king. Snow in May, and every person on the street has stopped with a phone up. Measure めずら it, she しい said, nobody will believe you: めずらしい.

Worth knowing

Also does unusual for you, as a compliment or a dig: 珍しいね, you are never normally here.

Built from

rare, precious
王 in its jewel sense on the left, the same shape as in 理. Something you do not see twice.

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