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2. Kenzo
5. Wise Woman
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.
賢明 is a Japanese word that refers to wisdom, intelligence, and prudence.
賢明 was originally a Chinese word that referred to a wise person or enlightened ruler. It means wise and able, sagacious now in China.
(When you see a wise person, try to be like them)
When you meet a wise person, you should learn from them and be inspired to become as wise as they are.
見賢思齊 is a pretty long proverb in English, but in Chinese, it's only four characters.
However, in Chinese, the deeper meaning often surpasses the dictionary definition of each character.
In this case, you should seek wise people to learn from throughout your life...
Always try to learn enough to become equal to them. It also suggests that learning and seeking wisdom is a non-ending cycle.
This is a Japanese version of the serenity prayer, as used by many 12-step programs and support groups.
In Japanese, this says:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 賢 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
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. |
賢三 see styles |
kenzou / kenzo けんぞう |
More info & calligraphy: Kenzo |
賢女 see styles |
kenjo; kennyo(ok) けんじょ; けんにょ(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Wise Woman |
賢弟 贤弟 see styles |
xián dì xian2 di4 hsien ti kentei / kente けんてい |
More info & calligraphy: Wise Younger Brother(pronoun) wise younger brother; polite reference to another's younger brother, or to one's junior; (personal name) Kentei |
賢明 贤明 see styles |
xián míng xian2 ming2 hsien ming kenmei / kenme けんめい |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom / Intelligence(noun or adjectival noun) wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent; (given name) Yoshimitsu wise |
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 |
七賢 七贤 see styles |
qī xián qi1 xian2 ch`i hsien chi hsien shichiken しちけん |
(1) (See 七賢人) the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects); (2) (See 竹林の七賢) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (七賢位) Also七方便位, 七加行位 The seven grades or steps in virtue preceding the entry into見道faultless wisdom, or faultlessness in its first realization. These seven are preliminary to the七聖 (七聖位). Both are grades of the倶舍 Kośa school of Hīnayāna. |
三賢 三贤 see styles |
sān xián san1 xian2 san hsien mikata みかた |
(surname) Mikata three degrees of worthies |
亘賢 see styles |
kouken / koken こうけん |
(personal name) Kōken |
交賢 see styles |
kouken / koken こうけん |
(given name) Kōken |
亮賢 see styles |
ryouken / ryoken りょうけん |
(given name) Ryōken |
仁賢 仁贤 see styles |
rén xián ren2 xian2 jen hsien misato みさと |
(female given name) Misato good |
佛賢 佛贤 see styles |
fó xián fo2 xian2 fo hsien Bukken |
Buddhabhadra |
佳賢 see styles |
yoshikata よしかた |
(personal name) Yoshikata |
俊賢 see styles |
shunken しゅんけん |
excellent wisdom; (male given name) Toshiyoshi |
保賢 see styles |
yasutaka やすたか |
(personal name) Yasutaka |
信賢 see styles |
nobutaka のぶたか |
(given name) Nobutaka |
健賢 see styles |
takenori たけのり |
(given name) Takenori |
先賢 先贤 see styles |
xiān xián xian1 xian2 hsien hsien senken せんけん |
(literary) ancient sage ancient sage prior worthies |
光賢 see styles |
mitsuyoshi みつよし |
(personal name) Mitsuyoshi |
公賢 see styles |
kinkata きんかた |
(given name) Kinkata |
利賢 see styles |
toshikata としかた |
(given name) Toshikata |
則賢 see styles |
norimasa のりまさ |
(personal name) Norimasa |
前賢 see styles |
zenken ぜんけん |
wise men of the past |
剛賢 see styles |
takeyoshi たけよし |
(male given name) Takeyoshi |
功賢 see styles |
kouken / koken こうけん |
(personal name) Kōken |
助賢 see styles |
suketoshi すけとし |
(male given name) Suketoshi |
勇賢 see styles |
yuuken / yuken ゆうけん |
(personal name) Yūken |
勝賢 see styles |
shouken / shoken しょうけん |
(personal name) Shouken |
匡賢 see styles |
tadasato たださと |
(personal name) Tadasato |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Wise and Virtuous | 賢 贤 | ken | xián / xian2 / xian | hsien |
Kenzo | 賢三 | kenzou / kenzo | ||
Wise Younger Brother | 賢弟 贤弟 | ken tei / kentei | xián dì / xian2 di4 / xian di / xiandi | hsien ti / hsienti |
Wisdom Intelligence | 賢明 贤明 | ken mei / kenmei | xián míng xian2 ming2 xian ming xianming | hsien ming hsienming |
Wise Woman | 賢女 | kenjo | ||
Learn from Wisdom | 見賢思齊 见贤思齐 | jiàn xián sī qí jian4 xian2 si1 qi2 jian xian si qi jianxiansiqi | chien hsien ssu ch`i chienhsienssuchi chien hsien ssu chi |
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Serenity Prayer | 神様は私に変える事の出来ない物を受け入れる穏やかさと変える事の出来る勇気とその違いを知る賢明さを与える | kamisama ha watashi ni kaeru koto no deki nai mono o ukeireru odayaka sa to kaeru koto no dekiru yuuki to sono chigai o shiru kenmei sa o ataeru kamisama ha watashi ni kaeru koto no deki nai mono o ukeireru odayaka sa to kaeru koto no dekiru yuki to sono chigai o shiru kenmei sa o ataeru | ||
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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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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