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賢 · intelligent, wise

賢 is a kanji meaning intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness. It has 16 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ケンken

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • かしこいkashikoi

Practise the N2 kanji

In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 賢 · 2 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 賢
WordReadingMeaningLevel
賢いかしこいwise, clever, smartN3
賢明けんめいwisdom, intelligence, prudenceN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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