Components

遜 means 'humble'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2533   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-47    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 7 words   Used in 13 words   Used in 4 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ソン
Kun    したが   へりくだ   ゆず
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 遜 - click the badge to download
Find out about a kanji that primarily means "humble" but typically appears in words for arrogance! Learn to say, "He had an arrogant face." Also discover how 遜 as "inferior" enables you to make comparisons, as in "This potter's work is comparable to that of his predecessors," "It tastes every bit as good as Japanese rice," and "She is as capable as a professional."
The essay is also included in the following Thematic Bundles
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Humble Pie
謙 拙 弊 遜
Here one finds all aspects of humble language: a detailed exploration of that linguistic concept (in the 謙 essay), self-deprecating pronouns, humble prefixes, and ways of putting down one's work or one's company. Two of the four kanji join forces in a noun for "modesty; humility" and constitute alternate renderings of へりくだる (to deprecate oneself and praise the listener). Although 遜 means "humble, inferior," aligning with the other three kanji, the Japanese typically negate that humility with 不, ending up with arrogance, which takes this bundle in an unexpected direction.
⿺   () move   grandchild  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 遜 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 遜 is used 11 times, read 2 ways.
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humble; humility; modesty; being humble
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Most common form: へりくだる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself  (often written with kana only)
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ソン    humble, modest   
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ソン   まご grandchild   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   いと thread   
child   
move
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