けん
倹
りん
吝

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

Obsolete term.
  1. greedy and stingy.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
けん
倹
りん
吝
 倹吝 けんりん
けん
慳
りん
吝
 慳吝 けんりん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

frugal, economy, thrifty
ケン　つま.しい　つづまやか (8th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
all(僉) variant
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ　あつまる
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
center, middle
オウ　あきら　え (3rd, N2)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
miserly, stingy, sparing
やぶさ.か　しわ.い　リン (Kentei 1)
sentence, literature, style
ブン　モン　も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)