倹

JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

倹 — frugal, economy, thrifty

JLPT N1
10 strokes
Secondary (Jōyō)
Radical 人
#2479 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み: ケン
Kun'yomi 訓読み: つま.しいつづまやか

Example words & Vocabulary

倹約けんやく

thrift, economy, frugality

Example sentences 3

彼かれは倹約けにゃく家かだ。

He is an economizer.

倹約けんやくして貯金ちょきんを増ふやしたい

I want to economize and to increase my savings.

彼かれは控え目ひかえめに言っても倹約けにゃく家か。

He is frugal, to say the least of it.