Kanji1 / 17
謙 kanji
self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ケン
Kun readings
へりくだる
Words with 謙
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2謙虚Popularmodest; humble
- N2謙遜Popularmodesty; humility; being humble
- —恭謙modesty; humility
- —謙称self-deprecating term; humble way of referring to oneself, one's abilities, one's possessions, etc.
- —謙譲modesty; humility
- —謙抑humbling oneself
- —謙辞modest word; humble language
- —謙譲語humble language (e.g. itadaku)
- —謙遜語humble language
- —地山謙qian (hexagram 15 of the I Ching: modesty)
- —謙譲の美徳modest virtue
- —謙譲語ＩＩhumble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy
- —敬謙pious; devout
- —謙そんmodesty; humility; being humble
- —謙譲語１humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)
- —謙譲語２humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy