謙 — kanji meaning “self-effacing”
謙
self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest
- Meanings
- self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest
- On'yomi
- ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- へりくだ.る
- Name readings
- かね、ゆずる
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1582 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 149
- Chinese reading
- qiān — Chinese character page
Words with 謙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 謙虚 | けんきょ kenkyo | modest; humble |
| 謙遜 | けんそん kenson | modesty; humility; being humble |
| 謙譲 | けんじょう kenjou | modesty; humility |
| 恭謙 | きょうけん kyouken | modesty; humility |
| 謙称 | けんしょう kenshou | self-deprecating term; humble way of referring to oneself, one's abilities, one's possessions, etc. |
| 謙譲語 | けんじょうご kenjougo | humble language (e.g. itadaku) |
| 謙遜語 | けんそんご kensongo | humble language |
| 謙る | へりくだる herikudaru | to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself |
| 謙抑 | けんよく ken'yoku | humbling oneself |
| 謙辞 | けんじ kenji | modest word; humble language |
| 謙譲語Ｉ | けんじょうごいち kenjougoichi | humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.) |
| 地山謙 | ちざんけん chizanken | qian (hexagram 15 of the I Ching: modesty) |
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