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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.
See Also: Knowledge
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your xian2 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 |
咸 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien mina みな |
all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious (surname) Mina All, entirely. |
啣 衔 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
variant of 銜|衔[xian2] |
嫌 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien ken いや |
to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect (noun or adjectival noun) disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant to dislike |
嫺 娴 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
variant of 嫻|娴[xian2] |
嫻 娴 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien hanako はなこ |
elegant; refined; to be skilled at (female given name) Hanako |
弦 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien gen げん |
bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1] (1) bowstring; (2) (See 絃・1) string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; (3) {math} chord; (4) (rare) {geom} (See 斜辺) hypotenuse; (female given name) Yuzuru |
憪 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
composed, contented |
撏 挦 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
to pull out (esp. hair or feathers); to pick; to pluck; fig. to extract (lines from a text) |
涎 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien yodare よだれ |
saliva (kana only) drool to drool |
癇 痫 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien kan かん |
epilepsy; insanity temper; nerves |
癎 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
variant of 癇|痫, epilepsy |
絃 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien gen げん |
variant of 弦; bow string; string of musical instrument; watch spring; chord (straight line joining two points on a curve); hypotenuse (1) (See 弦・げん・2) string (of a shamisen, etc.); (2) stringed instrument; (female given name) Ito |
舷 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien gen げん |
side of a ship or an aircraft (See 船縁,船端) side of a boat; gunwale |
蚿 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
millipede |
衘 衔 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
variant of 銜|衔[xian2] |
諴 𫍯 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
to bring into accord; sincerity |
銜 衔 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien kutsuwa くつわ |
bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title bit (i.e. attached to a bridle) |
閑 闲 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien kan かん |
enclosure; (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle; unoccupied; leisure spare time; free time; leisure; (female given name) Nodoka To bar, a barrier; to shut out; trained. |
閒 闲 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
idle; unoccupied; leisure |
鷳 鹇 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
variant of 鷴|鹇[xian2] |
鷴 鹇 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus); silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade |
鹹 咸 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien kan |
salted; salty; stingy; miserly Salty, salted. |
㳄 涎 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
variant of 涎[xian2] See: 涎 |
㵪 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
variant of 涎[xian2] |
䕭 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien |
a kind of vegetable |
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. |
三弦 see styles |
sān xián san1 xian2 san hsien sangen さんげん |
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra three-stringed instrument; samisen |
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 |
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 |
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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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.
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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.
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