慎

慎 — humility, be careful, discreet

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 13
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #999 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: しん shin
Kun'yomi: つつし.む tsutsushi.mu

つつ.ましい tsutsu.mashii

つつし tsutsushi

つつし.み tsutsushi.mi

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Words that use 慎

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