慎

音読おんよみ: シン

訓読くんよみ: つつしむ

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: 心（りっしんべん）

Meaning

Humility / Careful / Discreet / Prudent

  • 慎つつしむ — to be careful / to be discreet
  • 慎重しんちょう — careful / cautious / deliberate
  • 慎思しんし — careful thought / reflection
  • 慎行しんこう — prudent conduct
  • 謹慎きんしん — house arrest / discipline / good behavior

The kanji 慎 combines the heart radical 心 with the sound element 真. Together they suggest a heart that is genuine and careful, giving the sense of caution, humility, and prudence.

念

Think of 念ねん — as in 念入りねんいり, doing something carefully. 慎 deepens that idea into 慎重しんちょう — deliberate, cautious. The same mindful heart, with added strokes of prudence.

重
Forms

慎重しんちょう — careful / cautious / discreet

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