勧 — persuade, recommend, advise

すすめ勧 persuade

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+52E7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1068 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #928 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

persuade
recommend
advise
encourage
offer

word

すす susu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

勧(すす) め susume recommendation 勧(すす) める susumeru to recommend

かん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

勧(かん) 告(こく) kankoku recommendation 勧(かん) 誘(ゆう) kanyuu solicitation

Appears in idioms

勧善懲悪四字熟語

persuade, virtuous, penal, bad

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

𠂉 hairpin

隹 short-tailed bird

ちから力 power #19

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#19 力 power