Wiktionary

賢

See also: 覧, 覽, 贤, 贒, and 䝨
賢 U+8CE2, 賢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CE2
← 賡
[U+8CE1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 賣 →
[U+8CE3]

Translingual edit

Japanese 賢
Simplified 贤
Traditional 賢

Han character edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad. 賢
simp. 贤
alternative forms 𬥎
贒
臤
䝨
𠤕

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 賢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (臣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • hiang5 - Shantou;
  • hiêng5 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 賢
    Mandarin Beijing /ɕian³⁵/
    Harbin /ɕian²⁴/
    Tianjin /ɕian⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ɕiã⁴²/
    Qingdao /ɕiã⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /ɕian⁴²/
    Xi'an /ɕiã²⁴/
    Xining /ɕiã²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ɕian⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ɕiɛ̃n⁵³/
    Ürümqi /ɕian⁵¹/
    Wuhan /ɕiɛn²¹³/
    Chengdu /ɕian³¹/
    Guiyang /ɕian²¹/
    Kunming /ɕiɛ̃³¹/
    Nanjing /ɕien²⁴/
    Hefei /ɕiĩ⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /ɕie¹¹/
    Pingyao /ɕie̞¹³/
    Hohhot /ɕie³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦi²³/
    Suzhou /ɦiɪ¹³/
    Hangzhou /ɦiẽ̞²¹³/
    Wenzhou /ji³¹/
    Hui Shexian /ɕie⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /ɕiẽ¹³/
    Xiangtan /ɕiẽ¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /ɕiɛn⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /hian¹¹/
    Taoyuan /hien¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /jin²¹/
    Nanning /jin²¹/
    Hong Kong /jin²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hian³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hieŋ⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xiŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /hiaŋ⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /hin³¹/
    Rime
    Character 賢
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 胡田切
    Baxter hen
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦen/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦen/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣɛn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦɛn/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣen/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣien/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɣien/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xián
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jin4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 賢
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xián
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ hen ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[g]ˁi[n]/
    English worthy

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 edit

    賢

    1. virtuous; good; clever; wise; worthy
    2. able; capable

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    Sino-Xenic (賢):
    • → Vietnamese: hiền (賢)

    Etymology 2 edit

    trad. 賢
    simp. 贤

    Pronunciation edit

    Definitions edit

    賢

    1. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 𠢕

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    賢

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. intelligence
    2. clever
    3. quick-witted
    4. sagacious

    Readings edit

    Proper noun edit

    賢(さとる) or 賢(まさる) or 賢(けん) • (Satoru or Masaru or Ken) 

    1. a male given name

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    賢 (eum 현 (hyeon))

    1. virtuous

    Compounds edit

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    賢: Hán Nôm readings: hiền, hèn

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    Derived terms edit

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