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德 is the simple way to express the ideas of having virtue, morals, kindness, benevolence, goodness, etc.
德 also happens to be the first character of the Chinese word for Germany.
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See Also: Ethics | Chastity | Prudence | Benevolence | Morality
賢 is used to refer to being a wise, trustworthy, and virtuous person. But it also contains the ideas of intelligence, genius, scholarship, virtue, sage, saint, good, and excellent in character.
賢 is used in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. Also used in a Buddhist context with the same meaning.
Note: Can also be the male given name, Masaru, in Japanese.
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Even a Fool May Sometimes Come Up With a Good Idea
Every Day is a Good Day
Extremely Good Friends
Faithful / Honorable / Trustworthy / Fidelity / Loyalty
Fragrant / Good Smell
God is Good
Good and Evil
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Good Good Study, Day Day Up
Good Health
Good Health / Healthy / Vigor
Good Heart
Good Intentions
Good Intentions / Good Will / Good Faith
Good Luck
Good Luck / Good Fortune
Good Night
Goodness / Good Deed
Hearing a Hundred Times is Not as Good as Seeing Once
Honest / Straightforward
Honorable Death - No Surrender
House of Good Fortune
I Am Worthy of Being Loved
In Good Order
In Good Order / Organized
Integrity: Sincere Honest and Faithful
Life is Good
Life is Good / Life is Beautiful
Lucky / Auspicious / Good Omen
Moral and Virtuous
Moral Principles of Life
Most Sincere Friend / Honest Friend / Real Friend / Best Friend
One Good Deed Each Day
Opportunity / Good Luck
Peace and Good Health
Restoration to Good Health
The Foundation of Good Conduct
The Good Life / Beautiful Life
Work Unselfishly for the Common Good
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
善 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan zen ぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Good Deed(ant: 悪・あく・1) good; goodness; right; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu su; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
烈 see styles |
liè lie4 lieh retsu れつ |
More info & calligraphy: Ardent / Fierce(female given name) Retsu Burning, fierce; virtuous, heroic. |
聖 圣 see styles |
shèng sheng4 sheng hijiri ひじり |
More info & calligraphy: The Saint(1) highly virtuous monk; (2) (honorific or respectful language) monk; (3) Buddhist solitary; (4) (See 高野聖・1) Buddhist missionary; (5) saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (6) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) emperor; (7) (in form 〜の聖) master; expert; (female given name) Mina ārya; sādhu; a sage; wise and good; upright, or correct in all his character; sacred, holy, saintly. |
賢 贤 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien ken けん |
More info & calligraphy: Wise and Virtuous(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue; (male given name) Masaru Wise and virtuous, sage, second rank to a 聖 saint; good, excellent in character, virtuous. |
古德 see styles |
gǔ dé gu3 de2 ku te kotoku |
More info & calligraphy: Goode |
善心 see styles |
shàn xīn shan4 xin1 shan hsin zenshin ぜんしん |
More info & calligraphy: Good Heartvirtue; moral sense; conscience; (given name) Yoshinaka A good heart, or mind. |
善意 see styles |
shàn yì shan4 yi4 shan i zeni ぜんい |
More info & calligraphy: Good Intentions / Good Will / Good Faith(1) virtuous mind; (2) good intentions; good will; (3) positive mindset; (4) {law} (See 悪意・3) bona fides; good faith; (personal name) Yoshii good intentions |
善良 see styles |
shàn liáng shan4 liang2 shan liang zenryou / zenryo ぜんりょう |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Kind-Hearted(noun or adjectival noun) good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest; (given name) Yoshinaga |
淑女 see styles |
shū nǚ shu1 nu:3 shu nü shukujo しゅくじょ |
More info & calligraphy: Wise Woman(1) lady; (2) (net-sl) (female) pervert; (female given name) Kiyome |
烈婦 see styles |
reppu れっぷ |
More info & calligraphy: Strong-Minded Woman |
聖人 圣人 see styles |
shèng rén sheng4 ren2 sheng jen seijin / sejin せいじん |
More info & calligraphy: Holy Man / Saint(1) {Christn} saint; (2) (orig. meaning) wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; sage; (3) (See 清酒) refined sake; (male given name) Masato is the opposite of the 凡人 common, or unenlightened man. |
行德 see styles |
xíng dé xing2 de2 hsing te gyō toku |
More info & calligraphy: Morality of Deed |
見賢思齊 见贤思齐 see styles |
jiàn xián sī qí jian4 xian2 si1 qi2 chien hsien ssu ch`i chien hsien ssu chi |
More info & calligraphy: Learn from Wisdom |
令 see styles |
lìng ling4 ling rei / re れい |
to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make something happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem (n,n-suf) (1) command; order; dictation; (prefix) (2) (See 令和) nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-); (personal name) Reiji cause |
宗 see styles |
zōng zong1 tsung sou / so そう |
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs (1) (rare) origin; source; (2) (rare) virtuous ancestor; (given name) Motoi Ancestors, ancestral; clan; class, category. kind; school, sect; siddhānta, summary, main doctrine, syllogism, proposition, conclusion, realization. Sects are of two kinds: (1) those founded on principles having historic continuity, as the twenty sects of the Hīnayāna, the thirteen sects of China, and the fourteen sects of Japan: (2) those arising from an individual interpretation of the general teaching of Buddhism, as the sub-sects founded by Yongming 永明 (d. 975), 法相宗, 法性宗, 破相宗, or those based on a peculiar interpretation of one of the recognized sects, as the Jōdo-shinshū 淨土眞宗 found by Shinran-shōnin. There are also divisions of five, six, and ten, which have reference to specific doctrinal differences. Cf. 宗派. |
懿 see styles |
yì yi4 i atsushi あつし |
(literary) exemplary; virtuous (given name) Atsushi elegant |
腆 see styles |
tiǎn tian3 t`ien tien yutaka ゆたか |
make strong (as liquors); virtuous (personal name) Yutaka |
良 see styles |
liáng liang2 liang ryou / ryo りょう |
good; very; very much (1) good (quality, condition, etc.); (2) (on a 優, 良, 可 scale) Good (grade); B; (personal name) Riyou Good, virtuous, beneficial. |
驥 骥 see styles |
jì ji4 chi ki き |
thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous (given name) Ki |
三聖 三圣 see styles |
sān shèng san1 sheng4 san sheng sansei / sanse さんせい |
(1) three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men; (2) the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade); (female given name) Misato The three sages, or holy ones, of whom there are several groups. The 華嚴Huayan have Vairocana in the center with Mañjuśrī on his left and Samantabhadra on his right. The 彌陀 Mituo or Pure-land sect, have Amitābha in the center, with Avalokiteśvara on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. The Tiantai use the term for the 藏, 別, and 圓教v. 三教. |
作擧 作举 see styles |
zuò jǔ zuo4 ju3 tso chü sako |
The accusation of sin made against particular monks by the virtuous monk who presides at the pravāraṇa gathering on the last day of the summer's rest. |
修福 see styles |
xiū fú xiu1 fu2 hsiu fu shufuku |
cultivate virtuous behavior |
先王 see styles |
xiān wáng xian1 wang2 hsien wang senou; sennou / seno; senno せんおう; せんのう |
former sovereigns (1) previous king; late king; (2) ancient virtuous king |
功徳 see styles |
kudoku くどく |
(1) {Buddh} merit; virtuous deed; act of merit; act of charity; (2) {Buddh} divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing; (3) {Christn} merit; meritum; (personal name) Kōtoku |
勸化 劝化 see styles |
quàn huà quan4 hua4 ch`üan hua chüan hua kanke |
to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism); to beg for alms To exhort to conversion, to convert. |
厚德 see styles |
hòu dé hou4 de2 hou te kōtoku |
abundantly virtuous |
善人 see styles |
shàn rén shan4 ren2 shan jen zennin ぜんにん |
philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer (1) good person; virtuous person; (2) good-natured person; gullible person; (given name) Yoshihito A good man, especially one who believes in Buddhist ideas of causality and lives a good life. |
大徳 see styles |
daitoko だいとこ |
(archaism) (See 大徳・だいとく・2) virtuous priest; priest; (given name) Hironori |
大德 see styles |
dà dé da4 de2 ta te daitoku |
bhadanta. 婆檀陀 Most virtuous, a title of honor of a Buddha; in the Vinaya applied to monks. |
大義 大义 see styles |
dà yì da4 yi4 ta i taigi たいぎ |
righteousness; virtuous cause; a woman's marriage; main points of a piece of writing great cause; moral law; justice; (personal name) Hiroyoshi great import |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Moral and Virtuous | 德 徳 | toku | dé / de2 / de | te |
Wise and Virtuous | 賢 贤 | ken | xián / xian2 / xian | hsien |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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