谨 jǐn cautious
cautious; prudent; attentive
怎么记住“谨”: 讠 words + 堇 clay = cautious. Grandpa chooses his words carefully when the kids touch his clay vase, telling them to be very cautious.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
谨 = 讠 words + 堇 clay
- 讠 words meaning
- 堇 clay sound
Grandpa chooses his words carefully when the kids touch his clay vase, telling them to be very cautious.
How it came to be
Words give the meaning and the clay the sound: care in what you say.
用法
- Careful, prudent: a written/formal register word. 谨慎 (jǐnshèn) cautious: 小心谨慎 (xiǎoxīn jǐnshèn) careful and prudent.
- 严谨 (yánjǐn) = rigorous/meticulous, praise for scholarship or work: 治学严谨 (zhìxué yánjǐn) rigorous in one's scholarship.
- 谨慎 describes a cautious attitude toward risk; 严谨 describes tight, error-free method or reasoning.