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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

善ぜん

N3
ぜん zen
  1. good
  2. goodness
  3. right
  4. virtue
noun

Chinese meanings

善;善良

Examples

  • 競きょう争そうそれ自じ体たいは善ぜんでも悪あくでもない。
    Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.
    竞争本身既不是善也不是恶。
  • 美うつくしいものは必かならずしも善ぜんではない。
    What is beautiful is not always good.
    美丽的东西未必是善的。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ff077d041a'); // 善
{
  "id": "ff077d041a",
  "word": "善",
  "reading": "ぜん",
  "romaji": "zen",
  "meanings": [
    "good",
    "goodness",
    "right",
    "virtue"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1394250,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。",
      "furigana": "{競争|きょうそう}それ{自体|じたい}は{善|ぜん}でも{悪|あく}でもない。",
      "en": "Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.",
      "tatoeba_id": 181522
    },
    {
      "ja": "美しいものは必ずしも善ではない。",
      "furigana": "{美|うつく}しいものは{必|かなら}ずしも{善|ぜん}ではない。",
      "en": "What is beautiful is not always good.",
      "tatoeba_id": 85570
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "95cc05c7a610c1fdb74175ebd726b41fd2282db8c99a834c9be022cd9a308af0",
    "meanings": [
      "善",
      "善良"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。",
        "zh": "竞争本身既不是善也不是恶。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "美しいものは必ずしも善ではない。",
        "zh": "美丽的东西未必是善的。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/ff077d041a",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1394250; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "90f7c237c58aa1697fb62f7f0eb0c4f3888bdb6ae251f8e20f26792675d07587",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}