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遜 = 孫 + 辶

遜 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “modest”. It is built from 孫 (grandchild) and 辶 (road). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1496.

Keyword
modest
RTK frame
1496
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
したが.う, へりくだ.る, ゆず.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
humble, скромно
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
遜 humble

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 孫 grandchild
  2. 辶 road

How to find 遜 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grandchild” + “road”. 遜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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