健全 (けんぜん) Japanese meaning

健全 (けんぜん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

健healthy, health, strength
全whole, entire, all

Related words· 6

健けん康こうN4
健康 is the everyday word for a person's physical or mental health, while 健全 is broader and often applies to abstract things like finances, morals, or organizations being sound.
堅けん実じつN1
堅実 emphasizes steadiness and reliability, especially in financial or business contexts, whereas 健全 stresses overall soundness or health, whether physical, moral, or systemic.
良りょう好こうN1
良好 simply means 'in good condition' and is used for grades, results, or health checks, while 健全 implies a deeper, structural soundness rather than just a good state.
ヘルシー
ヘルシー is a casual loanword used mainly for healthy food or lifestyle, while 健全 is a formal word covering physical, mental, or systemic soundness.

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健けん康こう的てき
健康的 describes physical health and lifestyle habits, while 健全 is broader and often used for moral, financial, or organizational soundness as well as physical wellbeing.
正せい常じょうN2
健全 emphasizes soundness or wholesomeness (e.g. of a body, finances, or society), whereas 正常 simply means the absence of abnormality.

Opposites

末まっ期き的てきN1
健全 describes something sound and healthy, the opposite of 末期的, which describes something in irreversible decline.
退たい廃はい的てきN1
健全 means 'wholesome' or 'sound', the direct opposite of 退廃的's sense of moral and cultural decay.

Don't confuse with

健けん在ざいN1
健全 describes something sound or wholesome, often morally or structurally, whereas 健在 means a person or thing is still alive and functioning well; the two are easily confused since both start with 健.

Word family

不ふ健けん全ぜん
unhealthy; unwholesome; morbid
健けん全ぜん化か
restoration to health; making sound; normalization
健けん全ぜん育いく成せい
sound upbringing; healthy development

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived kanji 健 (healthy, strong) and 全 (whole, complete). The combination conveys the idea of being fully healthy or sound in a broad sense.

健けん全ぜん

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