humble, modest
遜 centers on lowering oneself in attitude or action: being humble, modest, or deferential. The idea extends naturally to yielding or following another's lead.
遜 combines 辶 (movement) with 孫, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of following or being subordinate, as a grandchild follows the grandparent. The overall meaning of humble or yielding behavior fits this structure.
The movement radical 辶 wraps around 孫 (grandchild). Picture a grandchild walking behind their grandparent, stepping humbly and yielding the path: that's being modest and deferential.
For ソン, imagine a humble son walking behind his father: son -> ソン, and his modest steps match the movement radical 辶.
modesty; humility; being humble
inferiority
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
haughty arrogance
haughty; arrogant; overbearing
arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
humble language
inferior to; suffering by comparison with; unable to compare with
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to