倹 — kanji meaning “frugal”
倹
frugal, economy, thrifty
- Meanings
- frugal, economy, thrifty
- On'yomi
- ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- つま.しい、つづまやか
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2479 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- jiǎn
Words with 倹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倹約 | けんやく ken'yaku | thrift; economy; frugality |
| 勤倹 | きんけん kinken | industry; diligence; frugality |
| 倹しい | つましい tsumashii | thrifty; frugal; economical |
| 倹素 | けんそ kenso | economical and simple |
| 倹約家 | けんやくか ken'yakuka | thrifty person; frugal person; economizer |
| 節倹 | せっけん sekken | economy; thrift |
| 恭倹 | きょうけん kyouken | respectfulness and modesty; deference |
| 倹吝 | けんりん kenrin | greedy and stingy |
| 勤倹の風 | きんけんのふう kinkennofuu | custom (habit) of diligence and thrift |
| 勤倹力行 | きんけんりっこう kinkenrikkou | work hard and practice frugality |
| 勤倹貯蓄 | きんけんちょちく kinkenchochiku | thrift and saving |
| 質素倹約 | しっそけんやく shissoken'yaku | (practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving |
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