善 — Chinese character

善

shàn

good, virtuous, charitable, kind

Pinyin: shàn
Radical: 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
Strokes: 12
Components: 羊丷一口
Formation: ideographic — To give someone food 羊 and conversation 口
Japanese: 善 as a kanji

Common words with 善

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
改善	gǎi shàn	to make better; to improve
完善	wán shàn	(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed
慈善	cí shàn	benevolent; charitable
善于 (善於)	shàn yú	to be good at; to be adept at
善良	shàn liáng	good and honest; kindhearted
友善	yǒu shàn	friendly
妥善	tuǒ shàn	appropriate; proper
善意	shàn yì	goodwill; benevolence
不善	bù shàn	bad; ill
善恶 (善惡)	shàn è	good and evil; good versus evil
善后 (善後)	shàn hòu	to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements
善用	shàn yòng	to be good at using (sth); to put (sth) to good use

English words written with 善

善 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 52 · Analects 42 · Art of War 33 · Mencius 114 · Zhuangzi 90 · Great Learning 11 · Doctrine of the Mean 11

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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