The kanji 倹: meaning, readings and stroke order
倹
- Meaning
- thrifty, frugal
- On reading
- ケン ken
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 儉
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tiết kiệm (kiệm)
- Japanese
- むだづかいを しない。つつましい。
- Korean
- 검소하다, 아끼다 (검)
- Chinese
- 节俭、俭朴 (俭)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケン ken · on reading · less common
倹約
thrift, saving
むだを へらして 倹約します。
I cut down on waste and save money.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.