賢人

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See also: 贤人

Chinese

worthy (person) man; person; people
trad. (賢人) 賢 人
simp. (贤人) 贤 人

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

賢人

  1. virtuous person; upright person; person of outstanding integrity; sage
Synonyms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 賢人 – see 𠢕人 (“virtuous person; upright person; person of outstanding integrity; sage”).
(This term is a variant form of 𠢕人).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
賢 人
けん
Grade: S 		じん
Grade: 1
kan'on
 賢人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

賢(けん)人(じん) • (kenjin) ←けんじん (kenzin)?

  1. wise man
    賢(けん)人(じん)会(かい)議(ぎ) ― kenjin kaigi ― Witenagemot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
賢 人
けん
Grade: S 		と
Grade: 1
kan'on nanori

Pronunciation

Proper noun

賢(けん)人(と) • (Kento) 

  1. a male given name

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
賢人

Noun

賢人 • (hyeonin) (hangeul 현인)

  1. hanja form? of 현인 (“wise man; sage”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
賢人

Proper noun

賢人

  1. chữ Hán form of hiền nhân (“virtuous person”).
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