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Kanji Detail for 倹 - "frugal"

倹

  • Meaning

    倹 means "frugal." Also associated with humble, poor.

    1. Frugal - Thrifty; not wasteful; simple lifestyle.

    2. Humble - Modest in behavior.

    3. Poor - Impoverished.

    4. Bad harvest - Crop failure; when grains don't ripen.

  • Words using 倹

    • 倹約 けんやく Listen thrift; economy; frugality

  • Four-character idioms with 倹

    • 勤倹力行 きんけんりっこう Listen work hard and practice frugality
    • 質素倹約 しっそけんやく Listen (practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving

  • Tattoo check: 倹

    • Verified meaning: frugal
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read けん)
    • Also carries these associations: humble, poor

    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 倹

    Given names 倹(けん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    frugal; economy; thrifty

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    temperate, frugal, economical

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 儉|俭[jian3]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsudumayaka(つでゅまやか) つでゅまやか

    tsuma.shii(つま-しい) つま-しい

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    frugal humble poor bad harvest unfavorable thrifty modest economical austerity saving budgeting conservation prudent restrained simple careful moderation

Sentences including 倹

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