17 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 9th grade
JLPT exam level N1

self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest

Kun'yomi
  • to deprecate oneself and praise the listener
On'yomi
  • ケン
Nanori
  • かね
  • ゆずる

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ケン 98.3%
へりくだ 1.7%

Character Breakdown

self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend
ケン へりくだ.る かね (9th, N1)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
concurrently, and, beforehand
ケン か.ねる かね (7th, N1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

humble language (e.g. itadaku)
self-deprecating term
humbling oneself
modest word
humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)
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References

Unicode hex code 8B19
JIS X 0208 1-24-12
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4422
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5686
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1617
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2044
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1076
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1461
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1600
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1726
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1607
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2646
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1545
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 35821P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1222
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1687
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1802
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1766
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1883
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1581
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1706
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1614
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7a10.10
Four corner code 0863.7
De Roo Code 3064