Moto 遜: Humble; ModestKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソン
- Kun'yomi
- したが(う)、へりくだ(る)、ゆず(る)
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 14 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソン)
- 謙遜けんそんmodesty; humility
- 不遜ふそんarrogance; insolence
- 傲岸不遜ごうがんふそんarrogance
- 傲慢不遜ごうまんふそんhaughty; arrogant
- 尊大不遜そんだいふそんarrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance
- 謙遜語けんそんごhumble language
- 遜色そんしょくinferiority
- 遜色があるそんしょくがあるinferior to; suffering by comparison with
- 遜色がないそんしょくがないstanding comparison with; comparing favorably with
- 遜色が無いそんしょくがないstanding comparison with; comparing favorably with
- 遜色ないそんしょくないstanding comparison with; comparing favorably with
- 遜色のないそんしょくのないstanding comparison with; comparing favorably with
- 遜色無いそんしょくないstanding comparison with; comparing favorably with
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 遜るへりくだるto deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
Kanji that often appear with 遜
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