善 (shàn): meaning and stroke order
善 (shàn) means good (virtuous), benevolent, well-disposed, good at sth, to improve or perfect.
善
- Simplified
- 善
- Traditional
- 善 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shàn
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Stroke order of 善
善
- shàn good (virtuous); benevolent
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 善
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shàn
- good (virtuous)
- benevolent
- well-disposed
- good at sth
- to improve or perfect
Radical and structure
- 善
- Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 12 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 善
- 善良 shàn liáng good and honest; kindhearted
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).