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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

謹: discreet, reverently

Also: humbly

JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 堇 is drawn in

17 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 謹慎きんしんself restraint
  • 謹賀新年きんがしんねんHappy New Year
  • 謹厳きんげんstern; grave; solemn
  • 不謹慎ふきんしんimprudent; indiscreet; immodest

つつしむtsutsushimu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 謹むつつしむto be careful; to be discreet

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

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Also read キン

25 kanji share this on'yomiAll 25

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
謹 discreet · 堇
vs諾 consent · 若
謹 has 堇 where 諾 has 若.
In ChineseSimplified 谨 · traditional, as in Japanese · jǐn

Japan keeps the traditional form 謹; mainland China simplifies it to 谨.

Simplified
谨 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
謹 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jǐn 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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