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賢 = 臤 + 貝

賢 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “virtuous”. It is built from 臤 (hard) and 貝 (sea shell). It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword
virtuous
Pinyin (Mandarin)
xián
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
virtuous, worthy, good, добродетельный, достойный, хороший, worthy, good
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
賢 intelligent

Decomposition

ids

  1. 臤 hard
  2. 貝 sea shell

Characters that contain 賢

How to find 賢 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hard” + “sea shell”. 賢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 賢 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.