贤 — Chinese character
贤
xián
virtuous, worthy; good, able
- Pinyin
- xián
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 又 贝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — money; meaning component 贝
- Traditional
- 賢
Common words with 贤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圣贤 (聖賢) | shèng xián | a sage; wise and holy man |
| 先贤 (先賢) | xiān xián | (literary) ancient sage |
| 贤惠 (賢惠) | xián huì | variant of 贤慧 (xián huì) |
| 贤能 (賢能) | xián néng | sage |
| 贤人 (賢人) | xián rén | great person of the past; venerable forebear |
| 贤良 (賢良) | xián liáng | (of a man) able and virtuous |
| 贤妻 (賢妻) | xián qī | (old) perfect wife; you, my beloved wife |
| 贤明 (賢明) | xián míng | wise and capable; sagacious |
| 贤淑 (賢淑) | xián shū | (of a woman) virtuous |
| 贤达 (賢達) | xián dá | prominent and worthy personage |
| 贤妻良母 (賢妻良母) | xián qī liáng mǔ | a good wife and loving mother |
| 贤士 (賢士) | xián shì | virtuous person; a man of merit |
English words written with 贤
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.