"遜" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: Jōyō kanji [romanization]
  1. modest; humble Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-遜-ja-character-2mEUTL7Q Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 26 31 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 26 31 22 21
  2. inferior Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-遜-ja-character-1noC688X Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 26 31 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 26 31 22 21
  3. to defer, to give up something Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-遜-ja-character-xvePmr8H Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 26 31 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 26 31 22 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 9 0 72 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 0 63 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 12 0 64 24
  4. to escape, to flee Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-遜-ja-character-ANMf01Xe Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 26 31 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 26 31 22 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 遜色 (sonshoku) (ruby: 遜色(そんしょく)) (english: inferiority)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "inferiority",
      "roman": "sonshoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "遜色",
          "そんしょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "遜色"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jōyō kanji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jōyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 22 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "modest; humble"
      ],
      "id": "en-遜-ja-character-2mEUTL7Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "modest",
          "modest"
        ],
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jōyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 22 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inferior"
      ],
      "id": "en-遜-ja-character-1noC688X",
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jōyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 22 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 0 72 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 0 63 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 0 64 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to defer, to give up something"
      ],
      "id": "en-遜-ja-character-xvePmr8H",
      "links": [
        [
          "defer",
          "defer"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jōyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 31 22 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to escape, to flee"
      ],
      "id": "en-遜-ja-character-ANMf01Xe",
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "遜"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese jōyō kanji",
    "Japanese kanji",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading そん",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading そん",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading したがう",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading のが・れる",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading へりくだ・る",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading ゆず・る",
    "Japanese kanji with kun readings missing okurigana designation",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading ゆずる",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 遜",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "inferiority",
      "roman": "sonshoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "遜色",
          "そんしょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "遜色"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jōyō kanji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "modest; humble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "modest",
          "modest"
        ],
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inferior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to defer, to give up something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defer",
          "defer"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to escape, to flee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "遜"
}

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