Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1582 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 謙虚 【ケンキョ】 modest, humble
  • 謙遜 【ケンソン】 modesty, humility, being humble
  • 恭謙 【キョウケン】 modesty, humility

Kun reading compounds

  • 謙る 【へりくだる】 to deprecate oneself and praise the listener, to abase oneself

Readings

Japanese names:
かね、 ゆずる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian1
Korean:
gyeom

Spanish

  • modesto
  • humilde
  • condescendiente

Portuguese

  • Desvanecer-se
  • ficar humilde
  • comdescender
  • ser modesto

French

  • modestie
  • humilité
  • condescendre
1222 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1607 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1545 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1766 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2646 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1687 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1802 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1581 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1706 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2044 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1076 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1461 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1614 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35821P Morohashi
1617 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5686 New Nelson (John Haig)
1600 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1726 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1883 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3064 2001 Kanji
7a10.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0863.7 Four corner code
1-24-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b19 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
tiger stripes
Parts:
Variants:
void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1454 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 虚 【キョ】 unpreparedness, falsehood, Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 虚偽 【キョギ】 falsehood, untruth, lie, misinformation, fallacy
  • 盈虚 【エイキョ】 waxing and waning (of the moon), phase, rising and falling (of fortune)
  • 太虚 【タイキョ】 the sky, the heavens, Great Void (in ancient Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)
  • 虚偽 【キョギ】 falsehood, untruth, lie, misinformation, fallacy
  • 虚空 【コクウ】 empty space, empty sky

Kun reading compounds

  • 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless
  • 虚ろ 【うつろ】 cavity, hollow, void, hollow (voice, smile, etc.), blank (eyes, look, etc.), vacant (expression, stare, etc.), empty (words, heart, etc.)
  • 虚舟 【うつろぶね】 unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xu1
Korean:
heo

Spanish

  • vacío
  • vano
  • hueco

Portuguese

  • vazio
  • vacuidade
  • despreparo
  • abertura
  • fissura
  • falsidade

French

  • vide
  • impréparation
  • craquelure
  • fissure
  • contre-vérité
1156 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1588 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4109 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1484 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1712 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1519 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1572 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1678 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1741 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1601 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4017 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2053 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2778 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2012 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32708 Morohashi
3237 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5269 New Nelson (John Haig)
1993 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2148 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1481 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1274 2001 Kanji
2m9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-7 SKIP code
3-6-5 SKIP code
2121.2 Four corner code
1-21-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
865a Unicode hex code