とんちんかん
Meanings
Noun
1. 物事が行き違ったりちぐはぐになること。
2. 間が抜けた人。間が抜けた言動。
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