謙
humble; self-effacing; humble oneself; condescend; be modest
17 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1582.
Readings
Components
- 言
- 兼
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- ヨ radical snout, katakana yo
- 言 radical speech
Words using 謙
- 謙虚 (けんきょ) modest
- 謙遜 (けんそん) modesty
- 謙譲 (けんじょう) modesty
- 謙譲語 (けんじょうご) humble language (e.g. itadaku)
- 謙抑 (けんよく) humbling oneself
12 words in all.