漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
慎: humility, be careful
Also: discreet, prudent
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 真 gives the sound
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 慎重しんちょうcareful; cautious; prudent
- 謹慎きんしんself restraint
- 不謹慎ふきんしんimprudent; indiscreet; immodest
つつしむtsutsushimu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 慎むつつしむto be careful; to be discreet
つつしみtsutsushimi · kun'yomi
- 慎みつつしみmodesty; self-control; discretion
Also read つつましい, つつし, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side慎 humility · 忄
vs槙 twig · 木In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 愼 · shèn
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 慎. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 愼.
- Simplified
- 慎 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 愼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shèn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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