賢 (けん) — wisdom, intelligence, cleverness
賢
wisdom
Frequency #8093
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
1 character
na-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-na, n)
ken
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
けん[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- wisdom
- intelligence
- cleverness