慎 — Chinese character
慎
shèn
cautious, prudent
- Pinyin
- shèn
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 忄 真
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 真
- Japanese
- 慎 as a kanji
Common words with 慎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谨慎 (謹慎) | jǐn shèn | cautious; prudent |
| 慎重 | shèn zhòng | cautious; careful |
| 审慎 (審慎) | shěn shèn | prudent; cautious |
| 不慎 | bù shèn | incautious; inattentive |
| 小心谨慎 (小心謹慎) | xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn | cautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful |
| 慎独 (慎獨) | shèn dú | to preserve a proper behavior in private life |
| 慎入 | shèn rù | keep away!; proceed with caution! |
| 慎言 | shèn yán | to speak cautiously; to guard one's tongue |
| 戒慎 | jiè shèn | vigilant; cautious |
| 慎密 | shèn mì | cautious; with meticulous care |
| 慎终追远 (慎終追遠) | shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn | to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites |
| 慎重其事 | shèn zhòng qí shì | to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom) |
English words written with 慎
慎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 4 · Great Learning 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 64
- Mencius 1B.7
- Mencius 2A.7
- Mencius 6B.8
- The Great Learning Passage 3
- The Great Learning Passage 12
- The Great Learning Passage 13
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 1
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