Kanji Details:
- 謙
- Frequency:1582
- Kun: nan
- On: ケン
- Meaning: self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 謙虚 けんきょ modesty, humility 謙そん けんそん humble, humility, modesty 謙る へりくだる to deprecate oneself and praise the listener, to abase oneself 恭謙 きょうけん modesty, humility 謙称 けんしょう refer to modestly 謙譲 けんじょう modesty, humility 謙譲の美徳 けんじょうのびとく modest virtue 謙譲語 けんじょうご humble language (e.g. itadaku) 謙遜 けんそん humble, humility, modesty 謙遜語 けんそんご humble language