Moto 賢: Intelligent; Wise; WisdomKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン
- Kun'yomi
- かしこ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 55 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン)
- 普賢ふげんSamantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion
- 賢人けんじんwise person; virtuous person
- 賢明けんめいwise; sensible
- 賢母けんぼwise mother
- 賢者けんじゃwise person; sage
- 七賢しちけんthe Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects)
- 七賢人しちけんじんthe Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece
- 五賢帝ごけんていthe Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
- 俊賢しゅんけんexcellent wisdom
- 先賢せんけんancient sage
- 前賢ぜんけんwise men of the past
- 古賢こけんancient sage
- 大賢たいけんgreat sage
- 愚兄賢弟ぐけいけんていa foolish older brother and a smart younger
- 普賢延命菩薩ふげんえんめいぼさつimage of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)
- 普賢菩薩ふげんぼさつSamantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen
- 竹林の七賢ちくりんのしちけんSeven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians
- 聖人賢者せいじんけんじゃperson of lofty virtue and great wisdom
- 聖賢せいけんsaints and sages
- 良妻賢母りょうさいけんぼgood wife and wise mother
- 観普賢経かんふげんぎょうSamantabhadra Contemplation Sutra
- 諸賢しょけん(all of) you or them; various wise individuals
- 賢けんintelligence; genius
- 賢主けんしゅwise master
- 賢兄けんけいwise elder brother; polite reference to another's older brother, or to one's senior
- 賢哲けんてつwise man
- 賢女けんじょwise woman; clever woman
- 賢妻けんさいwise (house)wife
- 賢察けんさつdiscernment
- 賢弟けんていwise younger brother; polite reference to another's younger brother, or to one's junior
- 賢愚けんぐthe wise and the foolish
- 賢慮けんりょa wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration
- 賢才けんさいman of ability; gifted man
- 賢答けんとうwise answer; intelligent reply
- 賢者の石けんじゃのいしphilosopher's stone
- 賢者タイムけんじゃタイムpost-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly
- 賢者モードけんじゃモードpost-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly
- 賢臣けんしんwise and able retainer
- 賢良方正けんりょうほうせいwise and virtuous; good and able men
- 賢覧けんらん(your) perusal
- 遺賢いけんable men left out of office
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 悪賢いわるがしこいcunning; crafty
- 狡賢いずるがしこいdevious; cunning
- 賢いかしこいwise; clever
- 賢所かしこどころa palace sanctuary
- ずる賢いずるがしこいdevious; cunning
- 得たり賢しとえたりかしこしとreadily; very eagerly
Other readings
- 女賢しくて牛売り損なうおんなさかしくてうしうりそこなうwomen are not as clever as they think; women should know their place
- 小賢しいこざかしいclever; shrewd
- 真賢木まさかきevergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
- 竹林七賢ちくりんのしちけんSeven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians
- 賢しいさかしいintelligent; wise
- 賢しらさかしらimpertinent
- 賢夫人けんぷじんwise wife
- 賢木さかきsakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
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