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Kanji Detail for 謹 - "to be prudent, restraint, careful"

謹

  • Meaning

    謹 means "to be prudent, restraint, careful."

    1. To be prudent - To be careful; restrained; serious.

    2. Restraint - Modesty; reserve.

  • 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: to be prudent, restraint, careful
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きん, きんじ, ひとし)

    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

  • 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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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to be prudent restraint careful abstain modest reserved restrained self-control serious temperate cautious discreet circumspect

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