倹けん

Meanings

Refers to the quality or practice of being economical and avoiding waste. Often used in compound words like 倹約 (けんやく, 'thrift') or 倹しい (つましい, 'frugal'). As a standalone noun, it is somewhat literary or formal.

彼かれの生せい活かつは倹けんを旨むねとしている。
His lifestyle is based on frugality.
「倹けん」という漢かん字じは「つましい」という意い味みを含ふくむ。
The kanji 倹 includes the meaning of 'frugal'.

Kanji

倹frugal, economy, thrifty

Related words

倹けん約やく
倹約 is the more common compound meaning 'thrift' or 'economy', while 倹 alone is a bound morpheme or literary noun.
節せつ約やく
節約 is the everyday word for 'saving' or 'economizing', whereas 倹 is more formal and often appears in written or compound contexts.

Word family· 7

倹けん約やくN1
thrift; frugality; economy
倹けん吝りん
greedy and stingy
倹けん素そ
economical and simple; frugal and unadorned
勤きん倹けん
industry and thrift; diligence and frugality
恭きょう倹けん
respectfulness and modesty; deference

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節せっ倹けん
economy; thrift; saving
温おん良りょう恭きょう倹けん譲じょう
cordial, obedient, respectful, modest, and moderate

Etymology

The Japanese word is the Sino-Japanese reading of 倹, a character meaning thrift or restraint in expenditure.

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