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frugal
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingケン
Kun readingつま.しい、つづまやか
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. frugalRtK
    彼は控え目に言っても倹約家だ。He is frugal, to say the least of it.tatoeba
    彼は倹約家だ。He is an economizer.tatoeba
  2. economy
  3. thrifty
  1. economizing
  2. thriftiness
  3. prudence
  4. frugality

Popular Usage

倹約

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · awl · fit · meeting · umbrella · mouth (口) · person (人)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1804

Compound words

倹約けんやく
thrift; economy; frugality
恭倹きょうけん
respectfulness and modesty
勤倹きんけん
industry
倹素けんそ
economical and simple
倹吝けんりん
greedy and stingy
節倹せっけん
economy
倹しいつましい
thrifty
倹約家けんやくか
thrifty person
勤倹の風きんけんのふう
custom (habit) of diligence and thrift
勤倹力行きんけんりっこう
work hard and practice frugality

Additional Examples

彼は金をためるため何年間もけちけち倹約した。
He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.tatoeba
彼はけちと言わないまでもとても倹約家だ。
He is very frugal, not to say stingy.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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