noun

  1. the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects).
  2. Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
七賢 しちけん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

seven
なな シチ なの (1st, N5)
intelligent, wise, wisdom
ケン かしこ.い さか (8th, N2)
hard, wise
カン ケン コウ
retainer, subject
シン とみ おみ (4th, N2)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)