賢

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 臤 + semantic 貝 (“money”) – worthy, valuable (like money)

Han character

賢 (radical 154 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸水月山金 (SEBUC), four-corner 7780₆, composition ⿱臤貝)

See also

• 覧
• 贤
• 覽
• 览

References

• KangXi: page 1209, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36822
• Dae Jaweon: page 1674, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3646, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8CE2

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Chinese

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trad.		賢
simp.		贤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân
    • Tâi-lô: hiân
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (賢, reconstructed)
Character (賢), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 胡田切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦen/	/ɣien/	/ɣen/	/ɦen/	/ɦɛn/	/ɣien/	/ɣɛn/

Old Chinese pronunciation (賢, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
賢					1337					臣					眞					1					賢					/*ɡiːn/

Definitions

賢

1. virtuous, good, clever, wise, worthy
2. able, capable

Compounds

• (Min Nan) 賢慧 (hiân-huē)

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Japanese

Kanji

賢

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. intelligence
2. clever
3. quick-witted
4. sagacious

Readings

• Goon: げん (gen)
• Kan’on: けん (ken)
• Kun: かしこい (kashikoi), さかしい (sakashii), まさる (masaru)

Proper noun

賢 (hiragana さとる, romaji Satoru)

1. A male given name

賢 (hiragana まさる, romaji Masaru)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

賢 (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賢 (hiền, hèn)

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