良
good · pleasing · skilled
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
丶 + 艮
Cultural Context
Etymology
Depicts removing husks from grain to keep only the good parts. Means carefully selected quality.
Symbolism
Symbolizes goodness, quality, and virtue. A fundamental concept representing excellence and moral rightness.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Singing a song
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
公序良俗
こうじょりょうぞく
public order and morals; social standards; public policy; public order and morals
良妻賢母
りょうさいけんぼ
good wife and wise mother; good wife and wise mother
良風美俗
りょうふうびぞく
good customs; good customs
良知良能
りょうちりょうのう
one's innate intelligence and ability; one's innate intelligence and ability
狡兎良狗
こうとりょうく
When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
賢良方正
けんりょうほうせい
wise and virtuous; good and able men; wise and virtuous
Proverbs & Idioms
良薬は口に苦し
りょうやくはくちににがし
Good medicine tastes bitter
Good advice is hard to accept
Poetry
由良のとを 渡る舟人 かぢを絶え ゆくへも知らぬ 恋の道かな
Poem #46 from Hyakunin Isshu
いにしへの 奈良の都の 八重桜 けふ九重に にほひぬるかな
Poem #61 from Hyakunin Isshu