谦 Strokes Write it Listen 谦 qiān humble, modest HSK 6 12 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say兼soundjiānboth, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine How it works讠 hints at the meaning (speech), and 兼 jiān hints at the sound.