谦qiān
humble, modest. 12 strokes, radical 讠, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin qiānStrokes 12Radical 讠Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 谦
Strokes 1–2 write 讠, then strokes 3–12 write 兼.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 谦 · the stroke-order rules
What 谦 is made of
讠 (yán, words) and 兼 (jiān, both).
讠 carries the meaning — speech — and 兼 carries the sound.
Words that use 谦
| 谦虚 | modest 指不自夸、肯听意见 教练为人谦虚，却认为这支队伍很有潜力。The coach was modest by nature. Lesson 629, 谦虚强队 · 精研机理与洞见真知 · Scientific Insight & Physical Principles |
Characters that share the sound part 兼
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 讠
All 50 of them, and what the radical means, on the 言 radical page.