温良恭倹譲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
温	良	恭	倹	譲
おん Grade: 3	りょう Grade: 4	きょう Grade: S	けん Grade: S	じょう Grade: S

Alternative spelling
溫良恭儉讓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 温 (wēn)良恭 (gōng)倹 (jiǎn)譲 (ràng).

Proverb

温(おん)良(りょう)恭(きょう)倹(けん)譲(じょう) • (onryō kyōkenjō) 

1. Be cordial, kind, courteous, modest, and deferential.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.