12 strokes

virtuous, good, goodness

Kunよ.い、い.い、よ.く、よし.とする
Onゼン

Radicals

Common words

  • 改善かいぜん
    betterment, improvement, kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
  • 最善さいぜん
    the very best, utmost
  • 善人ぜんにん
    good person, virtuous person, good-natured person, gullible person
  • 善良ぜんりょう
    good (person, nature, etc.), good-natured, virtuous, honest
  • 親善しんぜん
    friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity
  • 善意ぜんい
    virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith
  • 慈善じぜん
    charity, philanthropy
  • 善悪ぜんあく
    right and wrong, good and evil
  • 勧善懲悪かんぜんちょうあく
    rewarding good and punishing evil, poetic justice
  • 善隣ぜんりん
    good neighbour, good neighbor
  • 善戦ぜんせん
    fighting a good fight, putting up a good fight, fighting bravely
  • 独善どくぜん
    self-righteousness, self-justified
  • 善処ぜんしょ
    dealing appropriately (with a situation), taking proper measures, handling (an issue) carefully, making the best of (a bad bargain)
  • 偽善ぎぜん
    hypocrisy
  • 善後策ぜんごさく
    remedial measure, relief measure, corrective measure, countermeasure, remedy
  • 次善じぜん
    second best
  • 善玉ぜんだま
    good person, good guy, character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)
  • 追善ついぜん
    mass for the dead, Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death
  • 善行ぜんこう
    good deed, good conduct, benevolence