Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
discreet, reverently, humbly
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 謹慎 【キンシン】 self restraint, moderating one's own behavior, penitence, discipline, confinement (esp. to one's home), house arrest, suspension (from work or school)
  • 謹賀新年 【キンガシンネン】 Happy New Year
  • 細謹 【サイキン】 slight flaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 慎む 【つつしむ】 to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • discreto
  • respetuoso
  • humilde
  • ser discreto
  • ser respetuoso
  • ser humilde

Portuguese

  • discreto
  • reverentemente
  • humildemente

French

  • révérencieusement
  • humblement
  • discret
1180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1835 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1151 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1769 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2645 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1247 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1582 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1705 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2045 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35850P Morohashi
1618 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1698 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1882 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
7a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0461.4 Four corner code
1-22-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b39 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
say, word
Kun:
い.うこと
On:
ゲンゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
  • 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
  • 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
  • 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
  • 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
  • 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
  • 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
  • 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself

Kun reading compounds

  • 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
  • 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
  • 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
  • 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
  • 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
  • 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition

Readings

Japanese names:
とき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
eon

Spanish

  • palabras
  • decir

Portuguese

  • Dizer
  • palavras

French

  • dire
392 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
118 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
274 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
279 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4309 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
43 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
85 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
439 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
66 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
203 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1653 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2440 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
341 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35205 Morohashi
1941 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5552 New Nelson (John Haig)
335 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
44 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
142 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-6 SKIP code
0060.1 Four corner code
1-24-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a00 Unicode hex code