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善 kanji
virtuous, good, goodness
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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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
- —積善accumulation of good deeds
- —善女pious woman
- —善管good management; good manager
- —十善the ten good acts; the emperor
- —善逝Sugata (the well-gone; epithet of Buddha)
- —善友good friend
- —善神good God; good deities; true teachings of Buddha
- —性善intrinsic goodness
- —修善accumulating good deeds; doing good
- —善狐benevolent fox (in mythology)
- —善因good cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed
- —善男pious man
- —勧善rewarding good deeds
- —善吏honest government official
- —丸善Maruzen (publisher)
- —山善Yamazen Corporation; Yamazen
- —偽善者hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
- —慈善家charitable person; philanthropist
- —慈善会philanthropic society
- —慈善市charity bazaar; charity bazar
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