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大賢 (たいけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大たい賢けん

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Meanings

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noun

Refers to a person of profound wisdom, often in a literary, historical, or philosophical context. Not an everyday term.

彼かれは大たい賢けんとして尊そん敬けいされている。
He is respected as a great sage.

Kanji

大large, big
賢intelligent, wise, wisdom

Similar words

賢けん者じゃ
賢者 is the common word for 'wise person' or 'sage'. 大賢 is a more elevated, literary term emphasizing greatness.

Etymology

Compound of 大 (great) and 賢 (wise, sage). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'great sage'.