賢 – intelligent, wise, wisdom

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1159 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 賢 means intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かしこ.い (kashikoi). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	かしこ.い	kashikoi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 貝・目・ハ・臣・又.

Words using 賢

賢いかしこいwise賢明けんめいwise

Example sentences

あなたは何と賢い生徒なのでしょう。

What a clever student you are!

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あなたが彼女と別れるのは賢明である。

You will do well to leave her.

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Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴

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