勸

See also: 劝 and 勧

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 雚 + semantic 力 (“strength”)

Han character

勸 (radical 19 力+17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿土大尸 (TGKS), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿰雚力)

1. recommend, advise, urge

References

• KangXi: page 150, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2486
• Dae Jaweon: page 338, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 382, character 18
• Unihan data for U+52F8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

勸 (simplified 劝, Jyutping hyun3, Yale hyun3)

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Japanese

Kanji

勸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 勧)

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Readings

• Goon: こん (kon)
• Kan’on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yōon: かん (kan)
• Kun: すすめる (susumeru)

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Korean

Hanja

勸 (gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

勸 (simplified 劝, Pinyin quàn (quan4), zhuó (zhuo2), Wade-Giles ch'üan⁴, cho²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

勸 (*kiuæ̀n)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勸 (khuyến, khuyên)

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