とんちんかん
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
Kanji used
immediate
unusual
Chinese
Pitch accent
んち
んかん
Composed of
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man