倹 – frugal, economy, thrifty

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The kanji 倹 means frugal, economy, thrifty. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つま.しい、つづまやか (tsumashii, tsuzumayaka). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	つま.しい	tsumashii
Kun’yomi	つづまやか	tsuzumayaka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・口・人・个・一.

Words using 倹

倹約けんやくthrift

Example sentences

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.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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