Word Meaning 勧善懲悪

かんぜんちょうあく kanzenchouaku

勧善懲悪 is read as かんぜんちょうあく (kanzenchouaku) and means rewarding good and punishing evil.

Meaning

English

  1. rewarding good and punishing evil
  2. poetic justice

Reading

Kana

かんぜんちょうあく

Romaji

kanzenchouaku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Yojijukugo Rank 11862 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

勧善懲悪小説

かんぜんちょうあくしょうせつ

(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction

勧善懲悪劇

かんぜんちょうあくげき

morality play

勧善

かんぜん

rewarding good deeds

勧懲

かんちょう

rewarding good and punishing evil

善悪

ぜんあく

right and wrong

善と悪

ぜんとあく

good and evil

是非善悪

ぜひぜんあく

rights and wrongs

正邪善悪

せいじゃぜんあく

right and wrong

懲悪

ちょうあく

punishing evil

善し悪し

よしあし

having both merits and demerits

善悪不二

ぜんあくふに

good and evil are but two faces of the same coin

善悪二元論

ぜんあくにげんろん

good and evil dualism

Example Sentences

1

This drama is missing something. All it is is a simple cautionary tale with no real depth.