勸 (quàn)
to advise; to urge; to persuade
How 勸 is written
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 勸
- Simplified
- 劝
Components
- 艹 grass
- 吅 N/A
- 隹 small bird
- 力 power/force
Common words using 勸
- 勸告 quàngào
- to advise; to urge; to exhort
- 勸導 quàndǎo
- to advise; to attempt to convince
- 勸慰 quànwèi
- to console
- 勸架 quànjià
- to mediate in a quarrel; to urge end to stop a fight
- 勸解 quànjiě
- conciliation; mediation; to mollify
- 勸說 quànshuō
- to persuade; persuasion; to advise
- 勸阻 quànzǔ
- to advise against; to dissuade
- 奉勸 fèngquàn
- may I offer a bit of advice (honorary)
- 規勸 guīquàn
- to advise
- 勸勉 quànmiǎn
- to advise; to encourage
- 勸學 quànxué
- On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
- 勸戒 quànjiè
- to warn; to admonish; to advise against sth
勸 in a sentence
我勸他戒菸，可是他不聽。
Wǒ quàn tā jièyān, kěshì tā bù tīng.
“I advised him to quit smoking, but he wouldn't listen.”
How common is 勸?
勸 is the 1,560th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95% of all running text.
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