善

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See also: 譱

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

善 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿土廿口 (TGTR), 廿廿口 (TTR), four-corner 80605, composition ⿻羊⿱䒑口)

  1. good, virtuous, charitable, kind

Etymology[edit]

From 誩 ("say a lot") + 羊 ("goat" [=offering]), with the implied meaning of "virtuous."

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 197, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3904
  • Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 38
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 660, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5584

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

善 (Jyutping sin6, Yale sin6)

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
善

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

善 (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn)

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Mandarin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

善 (Pinyin shàn (shan4), Wade-Giles shan4)

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Middle Chinese[edit]

Han character[edit]

善 (*zhiɛ̌n)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

善 (thiện, thiến)

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