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
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
賢明
wise
賢明な 判断でした。
It was a wise decision.
かしこ(い) kashikoi · kun reading
賢い
smart, clever
うちの 犬は とても 賢いです。
Our dog is very smart.
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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.