Chinese symbol for “modesty”
谦逊
qiān xùn
Traditional: 謙遜
humble; modest; unpretentious; modesty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for modesty is 谦逊 (qiān xùn), defined as: humble; modest; unpretentious; modesty.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “modesty”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谦逊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谦虚 (謙虛) | qiān xū | modest; self-effacing |
| 谦卑 (謙卑) | qiān bēi | humble |
| 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 |
| 逊色 (遜色) | xùn sè | inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior) |
| 不逊 (不遜) | bù xùn | rude; impertinent |
| 出言不逊 (出言不遜) | chū yán bù xùn | to speak rudely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “modesty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.