勧 – persuade, recommend, advise

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1068 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 勧 means persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン、ケン (kan, ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すす.める (susumeru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 力 (no. 19).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	すす.める	susumeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 力 (Kangxi radical 19). Components: ノ・力・隹・矢・乞.

Words using 勧

勧めるすすめるto recommend (someone to do)勧告かんこくadvice勧誘かんゆうinvitation

Example sentences

私は貴方が汽車で行くことを勧めます。

I recommend you to go by train.

Tatoeba #157718

人に自分の勧告が理由のあるものであり、賢明であることを説得するためには、理由を挙げ、知られた例や大家を引用しなければならない。

To persuade somebody that your recommendation is reasonable and wise, you have to give reasons and quote known examples and authorities.

Tatoeba #144652

顧客に対する勧誘の電話が、テレマーケティング部の主要業務である。

Cold calls are the primary function of the telemarketing department.

Tatoeba #174445

Kanji with the same radical

力動務加勝勢助労効努募勤功勉励勇

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.