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賢

Simplified: 贤

xián ㄒㄧㄢˊ

    • worthy or virtuous person
    • honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Other words read xián

In the same tone

  • 弦 xián bow string
  • 嫌 xián dislike
  • 閑 xián enclosure
  • 閒 xián idle
  • 銜 xián bit

All 17 words read xián

xian with other tones

  • 見 xiàn appear
  • 先 xiān beforehand
  • 縣 xiàn county
  • 現 xiàn appear
  • 線 xiàn thread

All 74 words read xian in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 賢

    部首 radical
    貝
    笔画 strokes
    15, with 8 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    臤貝
    形旁 meaning
    貝
    声旁 sound
    臤
    Practise writing 賢

    Trace 賢, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 賢

    Starting with 賢

    • 賢良 xiánliáng able and virtuous
    • 賢弟 xiándì worthy little brother
    • 賢能 xiánnéng sage
    • 賢王 xiánwáng sage kings
    • 賢才 xiáncái genius

    All 18 words starting with 賢

    Ending with 賢

    • 魏忠賢 wèizhōngxián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
    • 聖賢 shèngxián sage
    • 先賢 xiānxián ancient sage
    • 前賢 qiánxián worthy predecessors
    • 普賢 pǔxián Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth

    All 12 words ending with 賢

    Containing 賢

    All 18 words containing 賢

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