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倹

Readings

Kana: ケン、つま.しい、つづまやか
Romaji: ken, tsuma.shii, tsuzumayaka
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

frugal, economy, thrifty

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  2479
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-2-8
Korean Reading:  geom
Chinese Reading:  jian3
Unicode:  5039
JIS:  3770

Indexes

Halpern Index: 116
Nelson Index: 479
New Nelson Index: 248
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a8.27
Four Corner Index: 2823.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1213
Gakken Index: 1949
Daikanwanjiten Index: 823
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0850
Remembering the kanji Index: 1674
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1058
Kodansha Compact Index: 103
Kanji in Context Index: 1425
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 86
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 98
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1690
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1804
Essential Kanji Index: 1620
Kodansha Kanji Index: 130
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2163
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1302

Words

倹 (けん)
economizing; thriftiness; prudence; frugality
恭倹 (きょうけん)
respectfulness and modesty; deference
勤倹の風 (きんけんのふう)
custom (habit) of diligence and thrift
勤倹力行 (きんけんりっこう)
work hard and practice frugality
倹しく暮し (つましくくらし)
living frugally
倹約 (けんやく)
thrift; economy; frugality
勤倹 (きんけん)
industry; diligence; frugality
勤倹貯蓄 (きんけんちょちく)
thrift and saving
倹しい (つましい)
thrifty; economical
倹しく暮す (つましくくらす)
to live frugally
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