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賢

JLPT N2 16 strokes Frequency: #1159

Meanings

Intelligent, Wise, Wisdom, Cleverness

Radicals

貝

Decomposition

⿱臤貝

Etymology

Pictophonetic: money

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 corner right-to-left

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

13 horizontal bottom-to-top

14 horizontal bottom-to-top

15 diagonal bottom-to-top

16 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケン ken

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かしこ kashiko

Words Using This Kanji

51 words total

Other (20 words)

賢母けんぼ

wise mother

賢才けんさい

man of ability

賢明けんめい

wise

賢哲けんてつ

wise man

賢者けんじゃ

wise person

賢人けんじん

wise person

古賢こけん

ancient sage

七賢しちけん

the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects)

俊賢しゅんけん

excellent wisdom

先賢せんけん

ancient sage

前賢ぜんけん

wise men of the past

普賢ふげん

Samantabhadra (bodhisattva)

ずる賢いずるがしこい

devious

賢察けんさつ

discernment

聖賢せいけん

saints and sages

諸賢しょけん

(all of) you or them

賢主けんしゅ

wise master

賢慮けんりょ

a wise idea

賢夫人けんぷじん

wise wife

賢いかしこい

wise

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