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倹 = 㑒 + 亻

倹 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “frugal”. It is built from 㑒 (awl) and 亻 (person). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1804.

Keyword
frugal
RTK frame
1804
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つま.しい, つづまやか
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
скромный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
倹 temperate

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㑒 awl
  2. 亻 person

How to find 倹 without knowing its reading

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

Open 倹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.