勧

See also: 勸

Translingual

Traditional	勸
Shinjitai	勧
Simplified	劝

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 勸 (艹 → 𠂉 and 吅 → 一).

Han character

勧 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人土大尸 (OGKS), composition ⿰⿻⿱𠂉一隹力 or ⿰𮥶力)

1. recommend, advise, urge

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 149, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2433
• Dae Jaweon: page 337, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 379, character 4
• Unihan data for U+52E7

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Japanese

Shinjitai	勧
Kyūjitai	勸

Kanji

勧

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 勸)

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: すすめる (susumeru, 勧める, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
勧
かん Grade: S
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
勸 (kyūjitai)

Kan'yoon pronunciation.

Affix

1. persuade; recommend; advise; encourage

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 勧誘(かんゆう) (kan'yū, “invitation, solicitation, canvassing”)
• 勧奨(かんしょう) (kanshō, “encouragement, stimulation”)
• 勧進(かんじん) (kanjin, “temple solicitation”)
• 勧告(かんこく) (kankoku, “advice, counsel, recommendation”)
• 勧業(かんぎょう) (kangyō, “(encouragement of) industry”)