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Kanji for Modest
The kanji for “modest” is 遜, read son and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
遜
modest
Humble and modest.
13 strokes On reading ソン (son) Kun reading したがう、へりくだる、ゆずる (shitagau, herikudaru, yuzuru)
Dictionary meanings: humble, modest
Readings used for names on Nazuke: son
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