Kanji: 謙

    • Meaning : self-effacing,"humble oneself",condescend,"be modest"
    • ON reading : ケン
    • KUN reading :
    • Nanori : かね
    • Stroke count : 17
    • Frequency of use ranking : 1582
    • Jouyou grade level : 8
    • JLPT : 1
    • Radical : 言 (訁)

Words containing that kanji:


  • - ぐろう - old person/old people
  • - きょうけん - modesty/humility
  • - けんじょう - modesty/humility
  • - けんそんご - humble language
  • - けんじょうのびとく - modest virtue
  • - けんしょう - refer to modestly
  • | そん - けんそん - humble/humility/modesty
  • - けんきょ - modesty/humility
  • - けんじょうご - humble language (e.g. itadaku)
  • る | る - へりくだる - to deprecate oneself and praise the listener/to abase oneself
  • - けんよく - humbling oneself