Kanji

遜

Meaning

humble and modest

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • したがう
  • へりくだる
  • ゆずる

On'yomi

  • けん そん modesty
  • そん しょく inferiority
  • ふ そん haughty

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/14

Component Analysis

遜
humble, modest
したが.う, へりくだ.る, ソン
辶
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク
孫
grandchild, descendants
まご, ソン
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM...
こ, -こ, シ
系
lineage, system
ケイ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
糸
thread
いと, シ

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