善 — virtuous, good, goodness

ぜん善 virtuous

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+5584 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #765 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1112 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

virtuous
good
goodness

word

せん・ぜん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

善(ぜん) zen good 改(かい) 善(ぜん) kaizen improvement 最(さい) 善(ぜん) saizen the best 善(ぜん) 意(い) zeni good will 親(しん) 善(ぜん) shinzen goodwill 善(ぜん) 悪(あく) zenaku good and evil 偽(ぎ) 善(ぜん) gizen hypocrisy 慈(じ) 善(ぜん) jizen charity

よ yo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

善(よ) い yoi good

Appears in idioms

勧善懲悪四字熟語

persuade, virtuous, penal, bad

善は急げ諺

Be quick to do good

Stroke order

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Components

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ひつじ羊 sheep #123

くち口 mouth #30

Used as component in (2)

おぜん膳 small low table ぜん繕 darning

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth

善 — virtuous, good, goodness

Meanings

word

せん・ぜん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

よ yo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (2)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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善 — virtuous, good, goodness

Meanings

word

せん ・ぜん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

よ yo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (2)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

せん・ぜん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).