great virtue; outstanding moral character
A classical or literary term for exceptional virtue or moral excellence. Not used in everyday conversation; appears mainly in historical or formal writing.
In classical literature, a person endowed with great virtue is sometimes held up as an ideal.
Compound of 俊 (しゅん, 'excellent, genius') and 徳 (とく, 'virtue'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of outstanding moral character.