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Kanji Detail for 勧 - "to recommend, to encourage"

勧

  • Meaning

    勧 means "to recommend, to encourage."

    1. To recommend - To encourage to do something.

    2. To encourage - To give strength; to motivate.

  • Words using 勧

    • 勧告 かんこく Listen advice; counsel; remonstrance
    • 勧め すすめ Listen recommendation; advice; suggestion
    • 勧誘 かんゆう Listen invitation; solicitation; canvassing
    • 勧奨 かんしょう Listen encouragement; stimulation

  • Four-character idioms with 勧

    • 勧善懲悪 かんぜんちょうあく Listen rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

  • Tattoo check: 勧

    • Verified meaning: to recommend, to encourage
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すすむ, つとむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 勧

    Given names 勧(すすむ)Listen 勧(つとむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    persuade; recommend; advise; encourage; offer

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    recommend, advise, urge

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 勸|劝

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    susu.meru(すす-める) すす-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    to recommend to encourage motivate advise advocate counsel urge persuade suggest propose endorse inspire incite prompt stimulate influence support steer

Sentences including 勧

  • I counseled her to wait a little longer.

  • The doctor told mr smith to give up smoking.

  • He advised an early start.

  • She advised me to go there.

  • Which do you recommend?

  • She urged him to do the job.

  • It was you that suggested seeing that movie.

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