善
N3ぜん zen
- good
- goodness
- right
- virtue
noun
Chinese meanings
善;善良
Examples
- 競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.竞争本身既不是善也不是恶。
- 美しいものは必ずしも善ではない。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"
}
}