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慧敏 (けいびん, keibin) Japanese meaning: clever | Kotomora

慧けい敏びん

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

clever; quick-witted; sharp

rare term

Rare literary term for a person of keen intellect; not used in everyday conversation. Modern equivalents include 賢い or 頭が切れる.

彼かれは慧けい敏びんな人じん物ぶつとして知しられていた。
He was known as a person of quick intellect.
その慧

Kanji

慧wise
敏cleverness, agile, alert

Related words

賢かしこい
Common everyday word for 'clever' or 'wise'; 慧敏 is a rare literary synonym.
聡そう明めい
Also a literary term for 'intelligent', but more common than 慧敏 and often used in formal contexts.

Etymology

Composed of 慧 (wisdom, intelligence) and 敏 (quick, agile). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a Sino-Japanese compound used in literary contexts.

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Everyone admired his sharpness of mind.