賢

Information about character(s)

Radical: 貝
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 贤
Variants: 贒

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xián, xiàn
Cantonese: jin4
JapaneseKun: KASHIKOI MASARU
JapaneseOn: KEN
Korean: HYEN
Vietnamese: hiền

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: virtuous, worthy, good; able

CE-Dict: worthy or virtuous person/honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Soothill: Wise and virtuous, sage, second rank to a 聖 saint; good, excellent in character, virtuous.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.able and virtuous
2.an able and virtuous person

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: a worthy person; virtuous; worthy

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: a worthy person; virtuous; worthy

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《貝部》賢多才也。从貝臤聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【貝字部】賢
〔古文〕臤贒【廣韻】【正韻】戸田切【集韻】【韻會】戸千切，𠀤音弦。【說文】多才也。【玉篇】有善行也。【易·鼎卦】大亨，以養聖賢。又【繫辭】可久則賢人之德，可大則賢人之業。【書·大禹謨】野無遺賢。又【咸有一德】任官惟賢材。　又【禮·內則】若富，則具二牲獻其賢者於宗子。【註】賢，猶善也。　又勝也。【禮·投壷】某賢於某若干純。【註】以勝爲賢。　又下見切，音現。【周禮·冬官考工記】《輪人》：五分其轂之長，去一以爲賢。【註】賢，大穿也。　又【韻補】叶下珍切。【詩·小雅】我從事獨賢。叶上臣。【前漢·敘傳】旣登爵位，祿賜頤賢，布衾疏食，用儉飭身。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （術語）證真謂之聖，鄰于聖謂之賢。玄義四下曰：“鄰聖曰賢。”

陳義孝佛學常見辭彙 證悟真理的人叫做聖，比聖略遜一籌的人就叫做賢。

Buddhism words and phrases intelligent, bright, smart

Japanese Places Kashiko (loc)

CF-Dict: sage/homme vertueux/sage/vertueux

Han-De-Dict: sittliche und rechtschaffene Person (u.E.) (S)/gut und weise, würdig (u.E.) (Adj)/tugendhaft, pflichtgetreu, talentiert, befähigt (u.E.) (Adj)/bieder, würdig (u.E.) (Adj)/Xian (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)