遜 – humble, modest

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 遜 means humble, modest. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソン (son); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is したが.う、へりくだ.る、ゆず.る (shitagau, herikudaru, yuzuru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソン	son
Kun’yomi	したが.う	shitagau
Kun’yomi	へりくだ.る	herikudaru
Kun’yomi	ゆず.る	yuzuru

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: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: ノ・込・子・糸・幺・小.

Words using 遜

謙遜けんそんmodesty

Example sentences

彼の謙遜さは賞賛に値する。

His modesty is worth respecting.

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Kanji with the same radical

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