The kanji 善: meaning, readings and stroke order

善

Meaning: good
On reading: ゼン zen
Kun reading: よ（い） yoi
Strokes: 12
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tốt, việc thiện (thiện)
Japanese: よい。ただしいこと。
Korean: 착하다, 좋다 (선)
Chinese: 善、好

Readings, words and example sentences

ゼン zen · on reading

改かい善ぜん
improvement, making better
やり方を 改かい善ぜんします。
We make the way we do it better.

よ（い） yoi · kun reading · less common

善よい
good, right
善よい おこないをほめます。
People praise good deeds.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.