善 = 丷 + 羊 + 口

善 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “virtuous”. It is built from 丷 (horns), 羊 (sheep) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1112. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: virtuous
RTK frame: 1112
Strokes: 12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ゼン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): よ.い, い.い, よ.く, よし.とする
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: добродетельный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 善 good

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 善

How to find 善 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “horns” + “sheep” + “mouth”. 善 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 善 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.