Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: virtuous, good, goodness

Kunyomi: よ.い い.い よ.く よし.とする

Onyomi: ゼン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

意(ぜんい)   good faith, good will

人(ぜんにん)   good people

行(ぜんこう)   good deed

悪(ぜんあく)   good and evil

(さいぜん)   the very best

試合(しんぜんじあい)   friendly match

良な(ぜんりょうな)   virtuous, good

的な(ぎぜんてきな)   hypocritical

する(かいぜんする)   better, improve

い(よい)   good, nice, pleasant

Onyomi Examples

ゼン good, goodness, right, virtue

ゼンイ virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith

シンゼン friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity

ドクゼン self-righteousness, self-justified

Kunyomi Examples

良い よい good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...

い行い よいおこない good deed

いい事 いいこと good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

いい人 いいひと good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

良く よく nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...

くも よくも how dare ..., how could ...