This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソン、したが.う、へりくだ.る、ゆず.る
Romaji: son, shitaga.u, herikuda.ru, yuzu.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

humble, modest

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  162
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-3-10
Korean Reading:  son
Chinese Reading:  xun4
Unicode:  905c
JIS:  423D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4730
New Nelson Index: 6098
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q9.4
Four Corner Index: 3230.9
Japanese Names Index: 2591
Daikanwanjiten Index: 39038X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0148
Remembering the kanji Index: 2422
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2786
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1496
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4041

Words

謙る (へりくだる)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
不遜 (ふそん)
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
謙遜語 (けんそんご)
humble language
遜色がある (そんしょくがある)
to be inferior to; to suffer by comparison with (something)
傲岸不遜 (ごうがんふそん)
arrogance
遜色 (そんしょく)
inferiority
謙遜 (けんそん)
humble; humility; modesty; being humble
尊大不遜 (そんだいふそん)
arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
遜色がない (そんしょくがない)
bears comparison with (something); compares favorably with (something); compares favourably with (something); isn't inferior to (something)
傲慢不遜 (ごうまんふそん)
haughty; arrogant; overbearing
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