谦

謙

qiān

#2,340 most

frequent character

modest

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

谦 qiān pairs 讠 speech with 兼 jiān as the sound part. Speech gives its first sense: to make modest remarks or decline politely. That grew into the quality 'modest.'

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