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善

JLPT N1 SL6 12 strokes Frequency: #765

Meanings

Virtuous, Good, Goodness

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿱羊⿱⿱丷一口

Etymology

Ideographic: To give someone food 羊 and conversation 口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 vertical right-to-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 vertical bottom-to-top

11 corner bottom-to-top

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゼン zen

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

い i

よ yo

よし yoshi

Words Using This Kanji

156 words total

Other (16 words)

正直は最善の策しょうじきはさいぜんのさく

honesty is the best policy

善くってよよくってよ

sure

善玉ハッカーぜんだまハッカー

white hat hacker

善吏ぜんり

honest government official

善い哉よいかな

well done!

善き哉よきかな

well done!

環境改善かんきょうかいぜん

environmental improvement

善知鳥ウトウ

rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)

丸善まるぜん

Maruzen (publisher)

山善やまぜん

Yamazen Corporation

繊維工業構造改善事業協会せんいこうぎょうこうぞうかいぜんじぎょうきょうかい

Textile Industry Restructuring Agency

善の研究ぜんのけんきゅう

A Study of Good (1911 philosophical treatise by Kitarō Nishida)

日本栄養改善学会にっぽんえいようかいぜんがっかい

Japan Dietetics Society

緑化推進環境改善協会りょくかすいしんかんきょうかいぜんきょうかい

Society for the Development of Greenspaces

日本現報善悪霊異記にほんげんほうぜんあくりょういき

Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)

日本国現報善悪霊異記にほんこくげんほうぜんあくりょういき

Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)

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