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Wise and Virtuous

 xián
 ken
 
Wise and Virtuous Scroll

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.

Wise Younger Brother

 xián dì
 ken tei
Wise Younger Brother Scroll

賢弟 is an honorific title for a little brother.

This can be translated as a worthy little brother or wise younger brother. This can also be a polite reference to another person's younger brother, your junior, or your subordinate.

Wisdom / Intelligence

 xián míng
 ken mei
Wisdom / Intelligence Scroll

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.

Learn from Wisdom

(When you see a wise person, try to be like them)

 jiàn xián sī qí
Learn from Wisdom Scroll

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


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Characters

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Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 ken
    けん

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Wise and Virtuous
worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
(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

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xián
    xian2 di4
hsien ti
 kentei / kente
    けんてい

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Wise Younger Brother
worthy little brother
(pronoun) wise younger brother; polite reference to another's younger brother, or to one's junior; (personal name) Kentei

賢明


贤明

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xián míng
    xian2 ming2
hsien ming
 kenmei / kenme
    けんめい

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Wisdom / Intelligence
wise and capable; sagacious
(noun or adjectival noun) wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent; (given name) Yoshimitsu
wise

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xián
    xian2
hsien
 mina
    みな
all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious
(surname) Mina
All, entirely.


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xián
    xian2
hsien
variant of 銜|衔[xian2]

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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


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xián
    xian2
hsien
variant of 嫻|娴[xian2]


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 hanako
    はなこ
elegant; refined; to be skilled at
(female given name) Hanako

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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

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xián
    xian2
hsien
composed, contented


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xián
    xian2
hsien
to pull out (esp. hair or feathers); to pick; to pluck; fig. to extract (lines from a text)

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xián
    xian2
hsien
 yodare
    よだれ
saliva
(kana only) drool
to drool


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 kan
    かん
epilepsy; insanity
temper; nerves

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xián
    xian2
hsien
variant of 癇|痫, epilepsy

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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

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xián
    xian2
hsien
 gen
    げん
side of a ship or an aircraft
(See 船縁,船端) side of a boat; gunwale

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xián
    xian2
hsien
millipede


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xián
    xian2
hsien
variant of 銜|衔[xian2]


𫍯

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xián
    xian2
hsien
to bring into accord; sincerity


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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)


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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.


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xián
    xian2
hsien
idle; unoccupied; leisure


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xián
    xian2
hsien
variant of 鷴|鹇[xian2]


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xián
    xian2
hsien
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus); silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 kan
salted; salty; stingy; miserly
Salty, salted.


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xián
    xian2
hsien
variant of 涎[xian2]
See:

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xián
    xian2
hsien
variant of 涎[xian2]

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xián
    xian2
hsien
a kind of vegetable

七賢


七贤

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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

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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

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Wise and Virtuous
kenxián / xian2 / xianhsien
Wise Younger Brother賢弟
贤弟
ken tei / kenteixián dì / xian2 di4 / xian di / xiandihsien ti / hsienti
Wisdom
Intelligence
賢明
贤明
ken mei / kenmeixián 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
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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