謙
Stroke Order
Meanings
- self-effacing
- humble oneself
- condescend
- be modest
On'yomi (音読み)
- ケン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- へりくだ.る
- Strokes
- 17
- JLPT Level
- N1
- Frequency
- #1585
- School Grade
- Secondary
- Radical
- 言#149 · speech
Components
- ｜
- ヨ
- 言
- ハ
- 并
Common Words
- 謙虚けんきょna-Adj.modest, humble
- 謙遜けんそんNounmodesty, humility, being humble
- 謙称けんしょうNounself-deprecating term, humble way of referring to oneself, one's abilities, one's possessions, etc.
- 謙譲けんじょうna-Adj.modesty, humility
- 謙るへりくだるGodanto deprecate oneself and praise the listener, to abase oneself
- 謙抑けんよくna-Adj.humbling oneself
- 謙辞けんじNounmodest word, humble language
- 謙譲語けんじょうごNounhumble language (e.g. itadaku)
Practice in Kanjiru
Write 謙 by hand (opens in new tab)Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)