Read Edit View history 賢 xián virtuous Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 臤 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 贤 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 賢 Simp strokes 賢 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 賢 Simp strokes 賢 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 賢 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 245, 798 ], [ 269, 786 ], [ 339, 795 ], [ 427, 817 ], [ 475, 817 ] ], [ [ 359, 776 ], [ 378, 758 ], [ 376, 725 ], [ 358, 705 ] ], [ [ 250, 650 ], [ 261, 658 ], [ 424, 697 ], [ 444, 691 ], [ 463, 669 ], [ 445, 629 ], [ 424, 621 ] ], [ [ 253, 554 ], [ 260, 560 ], [ 414, 591 ], [ 463, 586 ] ], [ [ 360, 560 ], [ 376, 540 ], [ 375, 527 ], [ 373, 511 ], [ 355, 496 ] ], [ [ 194, 811 ], [ 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573 333 Q 563 346 539 352 Q 509 355 400 324 C 371 316 370 298 400 298 Z", "M 399 215 Q 405 214 413 215 Q 498 228 563 237 Q 585 241 577 253 Q 567 266 543 271 Q 516 274 399 239 C 370 230 369 217 399 215 Z", "M 387 126 Q 391 125 399 126 Q 471 139 624 143 C 654 144 649 157 626 176 Q 623 179 620 181 Q 605 190 577 184 Q 477 165 394 158 C 364 155 357 127 387 126 Z", "M 398 91 Q 382 37 239 -52 Q 214 -64 244 -65 Q 313 -69 424 11 Q 454 33 468 42 Q 481 52 480 63 Q 479 78 453 90 Q 425 106 411 105 Q 404 104 398 91 Z", "M 600 67 Q 646 19 700 -50 Q 716 -72 731 -78 Q 741 -79 749 -69 Q 762 -56 753 -9 Q 749 16 732 34 Q 714 49 674 68 Q 628 90 603 99 Q 594 106 591 93 Q 590 78 600 67 Z" ] } 15 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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