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RTK / HeisigFrame #1726

self-effacing

Lv 39

Strokes: 17

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

self-effacing RTKModesty

Community Mnemonic

662 votes

When you are self-effacing you use words to concurrently bring yourself down and make yourself look better.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

けん

Kun'yomi

None

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