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賢 = 臤 + 貝
賢 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “intelligent”. It is built from 臤 (loincloth) and 貝 (shellfish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 915.
- Keyword
- intelligent
- RTK frame
- 915
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かしこ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- умный
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 賢 virtuous
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 賢 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “loincloth” + “shellfish”. 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.