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The kanji 賢: meaning, readings and stroke order

賢

Meaning
wise, clever
On reading
ケン ken
Kun reading
かしこ(い) kashikoi
Strokes
16
Radical
貝 shell
Level
Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Stroke order of 賢, 16 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
khôn ngoan, thông minh (hiền)
Japanese
かしこい。
Korean
현명하다, 슬기롭다 (현)
Chinese
聪明、贤明 (贤)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading · less common

かしこ(い) kashikoi · kun reading

Practise writing 賢 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 賢 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.