儉 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 余剰を殺ぎ引き締める。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「僉」。「節約する」を意味する漢語｛儉｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

economy, thrifty

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケン

Kun (native)

• つま(しい)
• つづまやか

Other languages

• 拼音jian3
• 한글geom
• Hán-ViệtKiệm

infoBasics

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

人(ひと)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+5109

grid_viewComponents

• 一いち
• 𠆢ひとやね
• 人ひと
• 亻にんべん
• 口くち

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻僉

compare_arrowsVariants

• 倹Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-2-13

Four Corner

2828.6

Spahn–Hadamitzky

2a8.27

Nelson

547