倹

See also: 儉

Translingual

Traditional	儉
Shinjitai	倹
Simplified	俭

Han character

倹 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人人一人 (OOMO) or 難人人一人 (XOOMO), composition ⿰亻㑒)

1. temperate, frugal, economical

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 109, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 823
• Dae Jaweon: page 233, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 181, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5039

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 倹 – see 儉 (“frugal; thrifty; modest; moderate; temperate; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 儉).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	倹
Kyūjitai	儉

Kanji

倹

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 儉)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: つましい (tsumashii, 倹しい); つずまやか (tsuzumayaka, 倹やか)^{←つづまやか (tudumayaka, 倹やか, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

倹 • (geom) (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune–Reischauer kŏm)

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