Kanji1 / 12
善 kanji
virtuous, good, goodness
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ゼン
Kun readings
よいいいよくよしとする
Variant forms
譱Words with 善
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3善Populargood; goodness; right; virtue
- N3改善Popularbetterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
- N1最善Popularthe very best; utmost
- N1親善Popularfriendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity
- N1善良Populargood (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
- —慈善Popularcharity; benevolence; philanthropy
- —善悪Popularright and wrong; good and evil
- —善意Popularvirtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
- —善戦Popularfighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
- —善隣Populargood neighbour; good neighbor
- —勧善懲悪Popularrewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
- —偽善hypocrisy
- —次善second best
- —善果good results
- —善感successful vaccination; positive reaction
- —善業good deeds
- —善玉good person; good guy; character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)
- —善後careful settlement (of a matter); dealing with properly; planning for the future
- —善行good deed; good conduct; benevolence
- —善根good deeds; charity