謙: Self-effacing; Humble Oneself; CondescendKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ケン)

• 謙虚けんきょmodest; humble
• 謙遜けんそんmodesty; humility
• 恭謙きょうけんmodesty; humility
• 謙そんけんそんmodesty; humility
• 謙抑けんよくhumbling oneself
• 謙称けんしょうself-deprecating term; humble way of referring to oneself, one's abilities, one's possessions, etc.
• 謙譲けんじょうmodesty; humility
• 謙譲の美徳けんじょうのびとくmodest virtue
• 謙譲語けんじょうごhumble language (e.g. itadaku)
• 謙辞けんじmodest word; humble language
• 謙遜語けんそんごhumble language

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 謙るへりくだるto deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

Other readings

• 謙譲語１けんじょうごいちhumble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)
• 謙譲語２けんじょうごにhumble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy
• 謙譲語Ｉけんじょうごいちhumble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)
• 謙譲語ＩＩけんじょうごにhumble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy

Kanji that often appear with 謙

• 譲
• 語
• 遜
• 虚
• 恭
• 抑
• 称
• 美
• 徳
• 辞