Vita:賢

Parts

• 賢 852 intelligent
  • 臣 848 slave (retainer)
  • 又 696 crotch (or again)
  • 貝 54 shellfish (clam, money, oyster, shells)
    • 目 15 eye (eyeball)
    • ？ * animal legs

KANJIDIC Entry

• 賢 382D U8ce2 B154 G8 S16 XJ15F43 F1159 N4517 V5816 H2839 DK1817 L852 K1488 O2579 DO1072 MN36822 MP10.0777 E1221 IN1288 DJ1227 DG1740 P2-9-7 I7b9.2 Q7780.6 DR3461 ZSP2-8-7 Yxian2 Whyeon ケン かしこ.い T1 かた さか さと さとし たか たて のり まこと まさ まさる {intelligent} {wise} {wisdom} {cleverness}

EDICT Entries

• 悪賢い [わるがしこい] / (adj) cunning / crafty / wily / sly / (P) /
• 賢い [かしこい] / (adj) wise / clever / smart / (P) /
• 賢人 [けんじん] / (n) wise man / (P) /
• 賢母 [けんぼ] / (n) wise mother / (P) /
• 賢明 [けんめい] / (adj-na,n) wisdom / intelligence / prudence / (P) /
• 普賢 [ふげん] / (n) Samantabhadra (bodhisattva) / Universal Compassion / (P) /
• 狡賢い [ずるがしこい] / (adj-na) sly / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 7885 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 賢 => 臤, 貝

Radical

• 賢 => 臣 (minister/official) , 又 (right hand) , 貝 (shell)

Graphical

• 賢 => 一,㇗,丨,匚,㇇,㇏,口,二,八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xian2 - worthy or virtuous person/honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Pronunciation Clues

1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 贤 (賢)
• 贤内助 (賢內助)
• 贤惠 (賢惠)

Medium Frequency

• 奉贤 (奉賢)
• 奉贤区 (奉賢區)
• 招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
• 普贤菩萨 (普賢菩薩)
• 王祖贤 (王祖賢)
• 圣贤 (聖賢)
• 见贤思齐 (見賢思齊)
• 贤人 (賢人)
• 贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
• 贤淑 (賢淑)
• 贤良 (賢良)
• 进贤 (進賢)
• 集贤 (集賢)

Appears In

• 賢 also appears in:
• 藖