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倹

倹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 余剰を殺ぎ引き締める。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「儉」の略体。「儉」については儉#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

frugal, economy, thrifty

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケンJHS
Kun (native)
  • つま(しい)
  • つづまやか
Other languages
  • 拼音jian3
  • 한글geom
  • Hán-ViệtKiệm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5039

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻㑒

Words using this kanji

  • 倹約けんやく無駄遣いをしないこと。thrift, economy, frugality
  • 倹けん余剰を殺ぎ引き締める。economizing, thriftiness, prudence, frugality
  • 倹素けんそeconomical and simple
  • 倹吝けんりんgreedy and stingy
  • 倹しいつましい倹約した、質素な。thrifty, frugal, economical
  • 倹約家けんやくか無駄な消費を少なくするよう努める人。thrifty person, frugal person, economizer
  • 倹約令けんやくれいlaws regulating expenditures, sumptuary edicts, thrift ordinance

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-8
Four Corner
2823.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a8.27
Heisig
1804
Nelson
479