Question

謙 へりくだ.る self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest 1 1582 17 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 形声 Phonetic When you are self-effacing you use words to concurrently bring yourself down and make yourself look better.

Accepted Answer

ケン かね 謙虚(けんきょ): modesty; humility謙遜(けんそん): humble; humility; modesty謙る(へりくだる): to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself S 言: say兼: concurrently; and 言 7 (none) self-effacing Though the man´s words were self-effacing, his actions concurrently made it clear that his modesty was false.

Kanji	謙
Onyomi	ケン
Kunyomi	へりくだ.る
Nanori	かね
English	self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest
Examples	謙虚(けんきょ): modesty; humility 謙遜(けんそん): humble; humility; modesty 謙る(へりくだる): to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1582
Components	言: say 兼: concurrently; and
Number of Strokes	17
Kanji Radical	言
Radical Number	149
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	self-effacing
Koohii Story 1	When you are self-effacing you use words to concurrently bring yourself down and make yourself look better.
Koohii Story 2	Though the man´s words were self-effacing, his actions concurrently made it clear that his modesty was false.

Self Effacing Modesty Oneself Words Concurrently 謙 ケン へりくだ.る

Self Effacing Modesty Oneself Words Concurrently 謙ケンへりくだ.る