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Mythic Mandarin

善良 (shàn liáng): meaning and stroke order

善良 (shàn liáng) means good and honest, kindhearted.

善良

Simplified
善良
Traditional
善良 (same form)
Pinyin
shàn liáng

Stroke order of 善良

善

  • shàn good (virtuous); benevolent
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

良

  • liáng good; very
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 善良

  1. shàn liáng
    • good and honest
    • kindhearted

Radicals of the characters

善
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 12 strokes
良
Radical 艮 (Kangxi radical 138) · 7 strokes · 丶 on top, 艮 below

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.

善良 in our stories

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  • 虽然样子很厉害，但是它非常善良，走路的时候连小草都舍不得踩。

    suīrán yàngzi hěn lìhai dànshì tā fēicháng shànliáng zǒulù de shíhou lián xiǎo cǎo dōu shěbude cǎi

    It may look fierce, but it is very kind: when it walks it cannot bear to tread on even a blade of grass.

    From the story The qilin HSK 4

  • 黄帝的妻子嫘祖心地善良，又特别喜欢观察身边的事物。

    Huángdì de qīzi Léizǔ xīndì shànliáng yòu tèbié xǐhuan guānchá shēnbiān de shìwù

    The Yellow Emperor's wife Leizu was kind-hearted and loved to observe the things around her.

    From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 善良

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).