諫

See also 谏, and 諌

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 言 (“say”) + 柬

Han character

諫 (radical 149 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口木田火 (YRDWF), four-corner 0569₆)

1. remonstrate, admonish

References

• KangXi: page 1170, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35724
• Dae Jaweon: page 1636, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3995, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8AEB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

諫 (simplified 谏, Yale gaan3)

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Japanese

Kanji

諫

Readings

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: いさめる (isameru), いさめ (isame)

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Korean

Hanja

諫 (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

諫 (simplified 谏, pinyin jiàn (jian4), Wade-Giles chien⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

諫 (gián)