worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

= + : Just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) Marie Curie (xi) is listening to a broadcast in the radio (肾) about how awesome and honorific (贤) crabs (贝) are. A crab is standing nearby and is very proud to be admired by Marie Curie.

贤 character breakdown

variant of 收[shou1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a radio receiver.

In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes wants to improve the range of his radio receiver, so he adds very long roast forks as antennas. To make them safe he shoves boxing gloves over their pointy ends.
kidney
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

Characters with 贤 as component

贤 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 贤

a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good
(of a man) able and virtuous
wise and capable / sagacious
(said of sb else's wife) a good wife
a genius / a talented person
virtuous person / a man of merit
worthy little brother
a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom)
sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
prominent and worthy personage
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)
(old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife

Sentences with 贤

贤 currently does not appear in any sentence.