virtue; moral excellence
Refers to a morally good quality or trait, often in ethical, philosophical, or everyday contexts.
Honesty is one of the virtues.
彼は美徳を重んじる人物として知られている。
He is known as a person who values virtue.
美徳 means virtue or admirable quality in general for anyone, while 淑徳 specifically denotes virtues traditionally expected of women.
美徳 means virtue or a admirable moral quality, the direct opposite of the corruption or vice named by 悪徳.
modest virtue; the virtue of humility
Compound of 美 (beauty) and 徳 (virtue), literally 'beautiful virtue'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has been used in Japanese to denote admirable moral qualities.