諫
admonish, dissuade
Readings
On'yomi
- カン
Kun'yomi
- いさ.める
Meaning
諫 centers on using words to correct someone's course: admonishing or dissuading them from a wrong path.
Most common words using 諫
- 諫言かんげん
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
- 諫めいさめ
remonstrance; remonstration; admonition; protest; reproof; expostulation; advice; counsel
- 直諫ちょっかん
personal admonition; remonstration
- 諫止かんし
dissuasion
- 諫死かんし
committing suicide (to remonstrate or dissuade one's lord); preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord
- 諫臣かんしん
retainer who dares to dissuade his lord
- 諷諫ふうかん
indirect remonstrance; exhortation by insinuation
Study
Etymology
諫 combines 言 (words) with 柬, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of selecting or separating, suggesting using words to separate someone from a wrong course.
Meaning mnemonic
Words (言) that select or separate (柬) someone from a bad path: 諫 means to admonish or dissuade.
Reading mnemonic
For カン, imagine a can of admonishing words: you open the can and out come words that dissuade you. Can -> カン.