Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: discreet, reverently, humbly

Kunyomi: つつし.む

Onyomi: キン

Composition: 𦰌

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キンシン self restraint, moderating one's behaviour, penitence, discipline, confinement to one's home, house arrest

賀新年 キンガシンネン Happy New Year

サイキン slight flaw

Kunyomi Examples

慎む つつしむ to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste