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遜

humble
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingソン
Kun readingしたが.う、へりくだ.る、ゆず.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. humble
    私はそれに引き付けられて、それを採用し、ぶっきらぼうな反対や真正面からの議論を止め、謙遜な探究者、懐疑主義者を装った。I was charmed with it, adopted it, dropped my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation, and put on the humble inquirer and doubter.tatoeba
    日本の論者にはこういう謙遜な態度が少ないのが残念だと思います。I feel it unfortunate that there is little of this kind of humble attitude amongst Japanese debaters.tatoeba
  2. modestRtK
    彼の謙遜さは賞賛に値する。His modesty is worth respecting.tatoeba

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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grandchild · child (子) · lineage · drop (丶) · thread (糸) · spiderman · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1496

Compound words

謙遜けんそん
modesty; humility; being humble
遜るへりくだる
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener
遜色そんしょく
inferiority
不遜ふそん
haughty
謙遜語けんそんご
humble language
傲岸不遜ごうがんふそん
haughty arrogance
傲慢不遜ごうまんふそん
haughty
遜色があるそんしょくがある
inferior to
遜色がないそんしょくがない
standing comparison with
遜色が無いそんしょくがない
standing comparison with

Additional Examples

味は日本のお米に比べて遜色はありません。
It tastes every bit as good as Japanese rice.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 遜

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