賢
xián
virtuous, worthy, good; able
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 貝
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 2
Simplified form: 贤
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 贤, the simplified form of 賢. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
Rén fēi shèng xián shú néng wú guo
To err is human.
良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事。
Liáng qín zé mù ér qī xián chén zé zhǔ ér shì
A prudent bird chooses its tree. A wise servant chooses his master.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.