諫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

admonish, dissuade

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • いさ(める)
Other languages
  • 拼音jian4
  • 한글gan
  • Hán-ViệtGián

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8AEB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言柬

Words using this kanji

  • 諫止かんし忠告によって、主に目上の人間が行おうとしている悪事や軽挙を思い止まらせること。て。dissuasion
  • 諫死かんし死んで諫めること。死を覚悟して諫めること。committing suicide (to remonstrate or dissuade one's lord), preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord
  • 諫言かんげん目上の人の過失などをいさめること。またはその言葉。admonition, remonstrance, expostulation
  • 諫臣かんしん主君を諫める家臣。retainer who dares to dissuade his lord
  • 諫めいさめremonstrance, remonstration, admonition, protest

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-9
Four Corner
0569.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a9.1
Nelson
4408