勸 [劝] quàn
verb
: to advise
: to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort
: to console; to soothe
Kun Reading
勧め | すすめ susume
noun | suru verb
: recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
勧める | すすめる susumeru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to recommend; to advise; to encourage; to offer (wine)
On Reading
カン kan
ケン ken
勸[劝]告 quan4gao4: to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice
[勧告 | かんこく kankoku: advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation]
勸說 [劝说] quan4shuo1: to persuade; persuasion; to advise
[勧説 | かんぜい kanzei: urging; persuasion]
説勧める | ときすすめる toki usumeru: to persuade
勸[劝]阻 quan4zu3: to advise against; to dissuade
勸導 [劝导] quan4dao3: to advise; to attempt to convince
勸[劝]勉 quan4mian3: to advise; to encourage
哀勸[劝] ai1quan4: to persuade by all possible means; to implore
哄勸[劝] hong3quan4: to coax
奉勸[劝] feng4quan4: may I offer a bit of advice
相勸[劝] xiang1quan4: to persuade; to exhort; to advise
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*勧善懲悪 | かんぜんちょうあく kanzen chouaku
: (yoji) rewarding good and punishing evil; novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme; moral purpose; morality play
酒を勧める | さけをすすめる sake o susumeru
: to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone
行く様に勧める | いくようにすすめる ikuyou ni susumeru
: to encourage someone to go
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*勸善懲惡 [劝善惩恶] quan4 shan4 cheng2 e4
: to encourage virtue and punish evil; fig. poetic justice; you get what’s coming to you
形声 Pictophonetic.
力 (li4: power radical 19) suggests the meaning while
雚 (guan4: a heron; small cup) provides the sound.
Historical / Japanese variant:
勧 quan4: recommend, advise, urge
[susumeru. on: kan; ken]
簡體 Simplified.
劝. Created as unique simplification #209 (勸 » 劝).
Examples:
禁煙を勧めます。
きんえんをすすめます kanen o susume masu
I advise you to stop smoking.
我勸你戒煙。
I advise you to stop smoking.
