漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
謙: self-effacing, humble oneself
Also: condescend, be modest
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 兼 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 謙虚けんきょmodest; humble
- 謙遜けんそんmodesty; humility; being humble
- 謙称けんしょうself-deprecating term
Also read へりくだる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兼
Also built on concurrently (兼)
謙 takes the 兼 family's reading, ケン (ken).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side謙 self-effacing · 言
vs鎌 sickle · 金In ChineseSimplified 谦 · traditional, as in Japanese · qiān
Japan keeps the traditional form 謙; mainland China simplifies it to 谦.
- Simplified
- 谦 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 謙 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qiān 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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