Meanings

Self-effacing, Humble Oneself, Condescend, Be Modest

Radicals

言

Decomposition

⿰言兼

Etymology

Pictophonetic: speech

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 17

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-to-top

6 corner bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 dot right-to-left

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner top-left-to-bottom-right

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical right-to-left

15 vertical right-to-left

16 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

17 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケン ken

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

へりくだ herikuda

Words Using This Kanji

9 words total

Other (9 words)

modesty

modest virtue

modest

self-deprecating term

謙譲語けんじょうご

humble language (e.g. itadaku)

謙譲けんじょう

modesty

謙るへりくだる

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener

謙抑けんよく

humbling oneself

謙辞けんじ

modest word

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