Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

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

Readings

Japanese names:
かた、 さか、 さと、 さとし、 たか、 たて、 のり、 まこと、 まさ、 まさる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian2
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • inteligente
  • sabio
  • ingenioso

Portuguese

  • sábio
  • inteligente
  • sabedoria
  • inteligência

French

  • intelligent
  • sage
  • sagesse
1221 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1488 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4517 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1072 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
931 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2579 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1288 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1362 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1227 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1740 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3518 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1817 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2472 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
860 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36822 Morohashi
2839 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5816 New Nelson (John Haig)
852 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
915 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1855 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3461 2001 Kanji
7b9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-7 SKIP code
2-8-7 SKIP code
7780.6 Four corner code
1-24-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ce2 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
prudence, thought, concern, consider, deliberate, fear
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
916 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慮外 【リョガイ】 unexpected
  • 慮外者 【リョガイモノ】 rude person, insolent person
  • 憂慮 【ユウリョ】 anxiety, concern, fear
  • 叡慮 【エイリョ】 the emperor's pleasure

Kun reading compounds

  • 慮る 【おもんばかる】 to consider carefully, to deliberate thoroughly, to think over

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
ryeo

Spanish

  • prudencia
  • consideración
  • deliberación
  • considerar
  • deliberar

Portuguese

  • prudência
  • pensamento
  • assunto
  • considera
  • deliberate
  • medo

French

  • prudence
  • idée
  • sollicitude
  • considérer
  • délibérer
  • peur
1904 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
925 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4112 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
939 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1316 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1384 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1472 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1377 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
801 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4050 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2057 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2789 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2015 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11132 Morohashi
3266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1962 New Nelson (John Haig)
1996 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2151 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1764 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1258 2001 Kanji
2m13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-11 SKIP code
3-6-9 SKIP code
2123.6 Four corner code
1-46-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
616e Unicode hex code