persuade, recommend, advise, encourage
Also: offer
On'yomi (音読み)
- カン
- ケン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- すす.める
About this kanji
The kanji 勧, pronounced "kan" in on'yomi and "susumeru" in kun'yomi, means to persuade or recommend. It is commonly used as a verb when advising or encouraging someone. You might encounter it in various compounds, such as 勧告 (かんこく), which means 'advice'; 勧め (すすめ), meaning 'recommendation'; and 勧誘 (かんゆう), meaning 'invitation'. When you want to suggest something to someone, you would use the verb 勧める (すすめる). A usage note is that 勧 is often associated with positive encouragement, implying a sense of support in the recommendation.
Example sentences
友人が私に勧めた。
My friend recommended it to me.
Meanings across languages
- English
- persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer
- Tiếng Việt
- thuyết phục, giới thiệu, khuyên, cổ vũ, đề nghị
- 日本語
- かん, すいせんな, すすめる
- 한국어
- 권하다, 권장하다, 제안하다, 응원하다, 제공하다
- 中文
- 劝说, 推荐, 建议, 鼓励, 提供
- id
- membujuk
- th
- ชักชวน
- es
- persuadir
- fr
- persuader
- de
- überzeugen
- pt
- persuadir
Common compounds
- 勧告かんこくadvice, counsel, remonstrance
- 勧めすすめrecommendation, advice, suggestion
- 勧奨かんしょうencouragement, stimulation
- 勧誘かんゆうinvitation, solicitation, canvassing
- 勧めるすすめるto recommend (someone to do), to advise, to encourage
- 勧業かんぎょう(encouragement of) industry
- 勧進帳かんじんちょうtemple solicitation book
- 勧進かんじんtemple solicitation
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