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謹

謹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 物事に注意する。
  2. 自ら戒める。
  3. 恐れ畏む。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「堇」。「つつしむ」を意味する漢語｛謹｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

discreet, reverently, humbly

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キンJHS
Kun (native)
  • つつし(む)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音jin3
  • 한글geun
  • Hán-ViệtCẩn

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

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8B39

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言堇

Words using this kanji

  • 謹慎きんしん江戸時代、武士身分の上位者への刑罰。 登校や出勤を差し止める処罰。 控えめな言動に改めること。self restraint, moderating one's own behavior, penitence, discipline
  • 謹賀新年きんがしんねん「つつしんで新年の喜びを申しあげる」という意。年賀状などで使う挨拶。Happy New Year
  • 謹厳きんげん慎み深く、厳格なこと。また、そのようなさま。stern, grave, solemn, sobersided
  • 謹啓きんけい手紙の冒頭に使用される語で、謹んで申し上げる意。文末には敬白が使用される。 謹んで申し上げること。Dear Sir or Madam, Dear Sirs, Gentlemen
  • 謹言きんげん謹んで言上すること。 手紙で「謹啓」に対する結語。Yours Sincerely ...
  • 謹製きんせい謹んで物をつくること。贈答の品物につくことが多い。carefully made, carefully produced, quality product, product made with care
  • 謹聴きんちょう相手の話しを謹んで聞くこと。拝聴。listening attentively, (be quiet and) listen!, hear! hear!
  • 謹呈きんてい謹んで進呈すること。humbly presenting, respectfully presenting
  • 謹告きんこく（広告などで）謹んで申し上げること。informing with respect, announcing respectfully
  • 謹書きんしょ謹んで書画を書くこと。respectfully written
  • 謹直きんちょくconscientious, scrupulous
  • 謹話きんわrespectful comments
  • 謹選きんせんcarefully selected
  • 謹飭きんちょくdeep modesty, deep discretion
  • 謹賀きんが謹んでお喜び申し上げること。wishes of happiness
  • 謹白きんぱく手紙や文章の文末に置かれ、謹んで申し上げる意を表す語。 謹んで申し上げること。yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
  • 謹んでつつしんでrespectfully, humbly, reverently
  • 謹厳実直きんげんじっちょくsober and honest
  • 謹慎処分きんしんしょぶんsuspension (from work or school)
  • 謹んで申し上げますつつしんでもうしあげますI wish to state respectfully that ...

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-10
Four Corner
0461.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a10.6
Heisig
1698
Nelson
4424