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慳 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ケン・カンけん・かん · ken · kan
Kun
おし.むoshi.mu
Meaning
stingy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 堅 as phonetic: to hold back from giving.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 慳貪けんどん

    stingy and greedy; curt

  • 吝嗇りんしょく

    stinginess

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

慳貪(けんどん)な物言(ものい)いで人(ひと)を遠(とお)ざけた。

Their curt manner kept people at a distance.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

吝嗇吝嗇慳貪慳吝stingy嗇stingy貪covet忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…刋to cut丱child'…奸wicked扞to war…杆a pole
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Compound

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