善
shàn HSK3

good

善 shàn
good at adjective
adept or skillful at a particular task or activity

他很善于与人沟通。

tā hěn shàn yú yǔ rén gōu​tōng.

He is very good at communicating with others.

virtuous verb
morally good, benevolent, or well-disposed toward others

我们都要发扬向善的精神。

wǒ​men dōu yào fā​yáng xiàng shàn de jīng​shén.

We should all promote the spirit of striving for goodness.

virtue adjective
a virtuous act; a good deed or moral quality

百善孝为先。

bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān.

Of all virtues, filial piety is the most important.

improve adjective
to make better or to perfect something

工欲善其事，必先利其器。

gōng yù shàn qí shì, bì xiān lì qí qì.

A workman must first sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
749th most common 251.9 per million
Movie subtitles
979th most common 108.7 per million appears in 39% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
20.8 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
30.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+5584

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)