Memory phrase for the character: 贤

贤

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Meaning worthy or virtuous person, honorific

Pronunciation

xián

Explanation

Top: knife 刂 in a hand 又, bottom: money 贝

Mnemonic
 
Whoever with a knife in his hand shares money (with others), is a worthy person.

Radicals

贝 shell, money
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 Vocabulary

圣贤 shèng xián  a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
贤人 xián rén  great person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good
贤能 xián néng  sage
妒贤忌能 dù xián jì néng  to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
贤淑仁慈 xián shū rén cí  a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom)
贤淑 xián shū  (of a woman) virtuous
贤淑 xián shū  

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