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Kanji Detail for 謹 - "respectful, careful"

謹

  • Meaning

    謹 means "respectful, careful." Also associated with prudent.

    1. Respectful - Showing careful regard; treating with reverence.

    2. Careful - Being cautious and attentive; exercising discretion.

    3. Prudent - Acting with good judgment; being circumspect.

    4. Humble - Modest and deferential; showing proper restraint.

  • Words using 謹

    • 謹慎 きんしん Listen self restraint; moderating one's own behavior; penitence
    • 謹賀新年 きんがしんねん Listen Happy New Year

  • Four-character idioms with 謹

    • 恐恐謹言 きょうきょうきんげん Listen very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
    • 恐惶謹言 きょうこうきんげん Listen very truly yours; very respectfully yours
    • 謹厳実直 きんげんじっちょく Listen sober and honest

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    • Verified meaning: respectful, careful
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きん, きんじ, ひとし)
    • Also carries these associations: prudent

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 謹

    Given names 謹(きん)Listen 謹(ひとし)Listen

    Surnames 謹(きんじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    discreet; reverently; humbly

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    prudent, cautious; attentive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    prudent, cautious, attentive

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To be careful. Meaning being cautious and not daring to be negligent. | Respectfully. Such as 謹白 (respectfully state), 謹啓 (respectfully open).

  • Onyomi

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    kin(キン) キン

  • Kunyomi

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    tsutsushi.mu(つつし-む) つつし-む

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    respectful careful prudent humble cautious attentive circumspect conscientious considerate discreet discretion guarded heedful meticulous observant restrained reverence serious sober vigilant

Sentences including 謹

  • The listeners stood in an attentive attitude.

  • He kept his tongue under a bridle.

  • Please accept our condolences on the death of your father.

  • Please accept my condolences on the death of your father.

  • Synology is honored to invite you to its conference event.

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