 | 贤 | ||
| virtuous, worthy, good; able | |||
| Radical | 貝贝 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | xián | Cantonese reading | jin4 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 賢 | virtuous, worthy, good; able | |
| 贤 | [ xián ] worthy (person) |
| 贤惠 | [ xián huì ] (adj) chaste; virtuous |
| 贤能 | [ xián néng ] sage |
| ⇒ 奉贤 | [ fèng xián ] (N) Fengxian (place in Shanghai) |
| ⇒ 集贤 | [ jí xián ] (N) Jixian (place in Heilongjiang) |
| ⇒ 进贤 | [ jìn xián ] (N) Jinxian (place in Jiangxi) |
| ⇒ 圣贤书 | [ shèng xián shū ] holy book |