谦 — Chinese character
谦
qiān
humble, modest
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 讠 兼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — speech; meaning component 讠; sound component 兼
- Traditional
- 謙
Common words with 谦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谦虚 (謙虛) | qiān xū | modest; self-effacing |
| 谦卑 (謙卑) | qiān bēi | humble |
| 谦逊 (謙遜) | qiān xùn | humble; modest |
| 谦让 (謙讓) | qiān ràng | to modestly decline |
| 谦恭 (謙恭) | qiān gōng | polite and modest |
| 谦和 (謙和) | qiān hé | meek; modest |
| 自谦 (自謙) | zì qiān | modest; self-deprecating |
| 谦称 (謙稱) | qiān chēng | modest appellation |
| 谦辞 (謙辭) | qiān cí | humble words; self-deprecatory expression |
| 谦词 (謙詞) | qiān cí | modest word (grammar) |
| 谦语 (謙語) | qiān yǔ | humble expression |
| 谦诚 (謙誠) | qiān chéng | modest and sincere; humble |
English words written with 谦
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.