謙 — gyeom

Parts that make up 謙

How 謙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 謙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 兼.

Korean example words with 謙

• 겸퇴謙退 Korean gloss: 겸손히 사양하고 물러남
• 겸양謙讓 Korean gloss: 겸손한 태도로 남에게 양보하거나 사양함
• 겸허謙虛 Korean gloss: 잘난 체 하지 않고 스스로 자신을 낮춤
• 겸사하다謙辭 Korean gloss: 겸손하게 사양하다
• 겸유하다謙柔 Korean gloss: 마음이나 태도가 겸손하고 부드럽다
• 겸공하다謙恭 Korean gloss: 자기를 낮추고 남을 높이는 태도가 있다
• 겸손하다謙遜 Korean gloss: 남을 존중하고 자기를 내세우지 않는 태도가 있다
• 겸허감謙虛感 Korean gloss: 스스로 자신을 낮추고 비우는 태도. 또는 그런 느낌
• 겸어謙語 Korean gloss: 겸손한 말.
• 겸덕謙德 Korean gloss: 겸손한 덕성.
• 겸신謙愼 Korean gloss: 겸손하여 삼감.
• 겸재謙齋 Korean gloss: ‘정선’의 호.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 謙

• 謙虚けんきょ modest; humble
• 謙遜けんそん modesty; humility; being humble
• 恭謙きょうけん modesty; humility
• 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
• 謙るへりくだる to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
• 謙抑けんよく humbling oneself
• 謙辞けんじ modest word; humble language
• 謙譲語けんじょうご humble language (e.g. itadaku)
• 謙遜語けんそんご humble language
• 地山謙ちざんけん qian (hexagram 15 of the I Ching: modesty)
• 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.)

Characters sharing the phonetic 兼

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “겸” in Korean.

Other hanja read “겸”

Other hanja with radical 言