Memory phrase for the character: 谦

谦

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Meaning

humble, modest

Pronunciation

qiān

Explanation

 Left: word 讠/言, right: twice, combined 兼 (a hand holding two rice plants 禾)

Mnemonic
 
(It is more polite to speak in long, flowery phrases rather than in monosyllables.) When words are combined, they are more humble.

Radicals

讠 wordTraditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
兼 double, twiceA hand holds two rice plants 禾.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.




 Vocabulary

谦虚 qiān xū  modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
谦让 qiān ràng  to modestly decline
谦逊 qiān xùn  humble; humility; modesty
 

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