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Kotomora

勧

persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • カン
  • ケン

Kun'yomi

  • すす.める

Meaning

勧 centers on urging someone toward a positive action: persuading, recommending, advising, encouraging, or offering an option.

Most common words using 勧

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  • お勧めおすすめ
    N3

    recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

  • 勧めるすすめる
    N3

    to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage; to urge

  • 勧誘かんゆう
    N1

    invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion; encouragement

  • 勧告かんこく
    N1

    advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation

  • 勧善懲悪かんぜんちょうあく

    rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

  • 勧奨かんしょう

    encouragement; stimulation

  • 勧請かんじょう

    praying for the coming of a deity

  • 勧進かんじん

    temple solicitation

  • 勧業かんぎょう

    (encouragement of) industry

  • 勧めすすめ
    N1

    recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

  • 勧進帳かんじんちょう

    temple solicitation book

  • 不招請勧誘ふしょうせいかんゆう

    unsolicited promotion

  • 保険勧誘員ほけんかんゆういん

    insurance salesman (saleswoman)

  • 切に勧めるせつにすすめる

    to urge strongly

  • 劇場型勧誘げきじょうがたかんゆう

    advertising fraudulent investment schemes with glossy brochures, phone calls, etc.

  • 勧化かんげ

    religious-fund soliciting; Buddhist preaching

  • 勧告案かんこくあん

    recommendation

  • 勧告状かんこくじょう

    letter of advice

  • 勧告者かんこくしゃ

    adviser; advisor; counselor; counsellor

  • 勧善かんぜん

    rewarding good deeds

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Study

Etymology

勧 combines 力 (strength, effort) with a phonetic element derived from 雚 (a type of bird), which contributed the sound and the idea of urging or encouraging.

Meaning mnemonic

The right side is 力 (power, effort). The left side looks like a bird (隹) over a small base. Imagine using effort to urge a bird to fly: you persuade and encourage it to take off.

Reading mnemonic

For カン, imagine a can of energy drink being offered to persuade someone: can -> カン, and the effort (力) encourages them to act.