The Chinese Radical: 善


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Meaning
goodness    善

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
goodness, benevolent, well-disposed, improve
shàn
From top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), stand , mouth
A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent.  
JLPT no HSK
nutrition, meals
shàn
Left: body part /, right: goodness, benevolent (A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent)
For the body it is good: the nutrition.  
JLPT no HSK
to repair, to mend, to rewrite, to transcribe
shàn
Left: thread 纟/, right: benevolent, goodness (A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent)
The thread is benevolent for: repairing.  

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