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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
- —緑化推進環境改善協会Society for the Development of Greenspaces; sdg
- —日本国現報善悪霊異記Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
- —小人閑居して不善をなすan idle brain is the devil's shop
- —牛にひかれて善光寺参りdoing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
- —積善の家には必ず余慶ありa virtuous family enjoys long prosperity; one's good deeds shall be repaid even to one's descendants
- —繊維工業構造改善事業協会Textile Industry Restructuring Agency
- —積不善の家には必ず余殃ありiniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons
- —人に善言を与うるは布帛よりも煖かなりwords provide more warmth than cloth
- —善智識friend who guides one to Buddhism through teaching
- —栗善哉sweet made with soft beans (e.g. adzuki) and chestnuts
- —不善をなすto commit vice; to do evil
- —最善をつくすto do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
- —小人閑居して不善を為すan idle brain is the devil's shop
- —牛に引かれて善光寺参りdoing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
- —積善の家には必ず余慶有りa virtuous family enjoys long prosperity; one's good deeds shall be repaid even to one's descendants
- —積不善の家には必ず余殃有りiniquities of fathers are visited upon their sons
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