worthy or virtuous person
賢 is a 15 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as xián in the second tone.
In simplified Chinese the character 贤 is used.
It is made up of the components 臤 (hard/wise) and 貝 (sea shell).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 賢
Definitions for 賢 pronounced as xián
- worthy or virtuous person
- honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
Vocabulary
The most common words for 賢 — see all
- variant of 賢慧|贤慧[xian2 hui4]
- (said of sb else's wife) a good wife
- a sage
- wise and holy man
- virtuous ruler
- Buddhist lama
- wine