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See also: 覧 ,
覽 ,
贤 ,
贒 , and 䝨
Translingual
Han character
賢 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝 +8 in Chinese , 貝+9 in Japanese , 15 strokes in Chinese , 16 strokes in Japanese , cangjie input 尸水月山金 (SEBUC ), four-corner 77806 , composition ⿱臤 貝 or ⿱䁂 八 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209 , character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36822
Dae Jaweon: page 1674, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3646, character 6
Unihan data for U+8CE2
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
臤
*kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
掔
*kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
慳
*kʰriːn
藖
*ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
堅
*kiːn
鋻
*kiːn, *kiːns
鰹
*kiːn
蜸
*kʰiːnʔ
菣
*kʰiːns, *kʰins
賢
*ɡiːn
礥
*ɡiːn, *ɢrin
臔
*ɡiːnʔ
挋
*kiŋs
臣
*ɡiŋ
茞
*ɡiŋ
腎
*ɡjinʔ
頣
*hŋiŋʔ
緊
*kinʔ
嚚
*ŋɡriŋ
鏗
*kʰreːŋ
摼
*kʰreːŋ
硻
*kʰreːŋ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɡiːn ): phonetic 臤 ( OC *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins ) + semantic 貝 ( “ money ” ) – worthy, valuable (like money)
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : xián (xian2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄒㄧㄢˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : xian2
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : jin4
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : yen3
Gan (Wiktionary ) : xien4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : hièn / hiàn
(Hailu , HRS ) : hien
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : hian2
Jin (Wiktionary ) : xie1
Northern Min (KCR ) : hǐng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : hièng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): heng2
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hiân
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : hiang5 / hiêng5
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 yi
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : xienn2
Note :
hiang5 - Shantou;
hiêng5 - Chaozhou.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
賢
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
xián
Middle Chinese
‹ hen ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁi/
English
worthy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
賢
Reading #
1/1
No.
1337
Phonetic component
臣
Rime group
眞
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
賢
Old Chinese
/*ɡiːn/
Definitions
賢
virtuous ; good ; clever ; wise ; worthy
able ; capable
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
賢
( Hokkien , historical ) alternative form of 𠢕
Japanese
Kanji
賢
(Jōyō kanji )
intelligence
clever
quick-witted
sagacious
Readings
Proper noun
賢( さとる ) or 賢( まさる ) or 賢( けん ) • (Satoru or Masaru or Ken )
a male given name
Korean
Hanja
賢 (eum 현 ( hyeon ) )
virtuous
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
賢 : Hán Nôm readings: hiền , hèn
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Derived terms