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Keyword
clever
  • intelligent
  • wise
  • wisdom
  • cleverness
Frequency
#1159
Strokes
16
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
915
Readings
ケン75%
かしこ25%
Mnemonic
A wise and hardy castaway paints shellfish gold and sells them to passing pirates as treasure, ending up rich, rescued and very clever.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
普ふ賢げん
Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion
Noun
賢かしこい
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
I-adjective
賢けん人じん
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
Noun
賢けん明めい
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
Na-adjective
賢けん者じゃ
wise person; sage
Noun
賢けん
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
Noun
賢かしこ
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
Expression
賢けん母ぼ
wise mother
Noun
悪わる賢がしこい
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
I-adjective
ずる賢がしこい
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
I-adjective
賢木さかき
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
Noun
賢かしこ所どころ
palace sanctuary
Noun
小賢こざかしい
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; impertinent; cunning; crafty; shrewd
I-adjective
大たい賢けん
great sage
Noun
良りょう妻さい賢けん母ぼ
good wife and wise mother
Noun
普ふ賢げん菩ぼ薩さつ
Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva); Fugen; Puxian
Noun
聖せい賢けん
saints and sages
Noun
賢さかしら
impertinent
Na-adjective
賢けん察さつ
discernment
Noun
諸しょ賢けん
(all of) you or them; various wise individuals; gentlemen
Noun
賢けん愚ぐ
the wise and the foolish
Noun
賢けん慮りょ
a wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration
Noun
賢けん哲てつ
wise man
Noun