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[rare] tag for obscure kanji?



I noticed in the English Wiktionary's メートル entry that they have a [rare] tag (or a "hand-written note", really) for the kanji "米突". Might we want to implement something like that in jmdict as well? I feel like it's sometimes a bit of a problem esp. with the [uk] entries, where there's a large difference between what the takeaway should be for the [uk] in 喋る and the [uk] in 西班牙. The former is still very often written with kanji, while the latter is hardly ever used, or only used in historical texts. I think this presents a problem for learners as it's hard to determine whether or not you should bother learning a kanji associated with these word. It'd be easier if all [ateji]-tagged kanji were obscure, but they aren't, of course, and there's probably other cases where the only kanji reading is rare or obscure. 

(I lifted the examples from this discussion on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/8mdih8/in_your_experience_is_jisho_generally_accurate/)

The same tag could also be applied to readings, in theory, though I feel it's less of a problem with them as long as you assume the first reading is basically the one you should remember. (just like this is less of an issue for obscure kanji when there's a common kanji listed before it)

Marcus