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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness

Kunyomi: かしこ.い

Onyomi: ケン

Composition: 臣 又 貝

賢

Radical

Radical: 貝

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

⾙

Examples

Examples with audio

賢者(けんじゃ)   wise man, sage

賢母(けんぼ)   wise mother

賢明な(けんめいな)   wise, intelligent, prudent

賢い(かしこい)   wise, clever, smart

悪賢い(わるがしこい)   cunning, crafty, wily, sly

ずる賢い(ずるがしこい)   sly

Onyomi Examples

賢 (ケン) intelligence, genius, scholarship, virtue

賢人 (ケンジン) wise person, virtuous person, sage, unrefined sake

遺賢 (イケン) able men left out of office

聖賢 (セイケン) saints and sages

Kunyomi Examples

賢い (かしこい) wise, clever, smart, well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good

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