勸

勸

See also: 勧 and 劝

勸 U+52F8, 勸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52F8 ← 勷 [U+52F7] CJK Unified Ideographs 勹 → [U+52F9]

Translingual

Traditional	勸
Shinjitai	勧
Simplified	劝

Han character

勸 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿土大尸 (TGKS), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿰雚力)

References

• KangXi: page 150, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2486
• Dae Jaweon: page 338, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 382, character 18
• Unihan data for U+52F8

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Chinese

trad.		勸
simp.		劝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
觀	*koːn, *koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	*koːns, *kroːns
懽	*koːns, *qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	*qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰons) : phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) + semantic 力 (“strength”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quàn (quan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³
• Gan (Wiktionary): qyon³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khien / khian

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kian⁴

• Min Dong (BUC): kuóng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoàn / khǹg / khùiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): keng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan⁴
    • Yale: chywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuann
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun³
    • Yale: hyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qyon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyɵn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khien
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khian
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /cʰian⁵³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuɔŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoàn
    • Tâi-lô: khuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰuan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǹg
    • Tâi-lô: khǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngx
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /kʰŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuĩ²¹/

Note:

• khoàn - literary;
• khǹg/khùiⁿ - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: keng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰʉɐn^H/

Rime
Character	勸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去願切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuanH/
Li Rong	/kʰiuɐnH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷʰar-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quàn
Middle Chinese	‹ khjwonH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʷʰar-s/
English	encourage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勸
Reading #	1/1
No.	4501
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	劵
Old Chinese	/*kʰons/

Definitions

勸

1. to encourage; to recommend

   • 善鄭以勸來者，猶懼不蔇，況不禮焉？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     善郑以劝来者，犹惧不蔇，况不礼焉？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Shàn Zhèng yǐ quàn láizhě, yóu jù bù jì, kuàng bùlǐ yān? [Pinyin]

     Even if we were to treat Zheng with propriety to encourage other vassals in the future, we should yet worry about falling short, let alone slighting them!

2. to advise; to urge; to exhort

   勸告／劝告  ―  quàngào  ―  to advise

3. to appeal

   勸架／劝架  ―  quànjià  ―  to conciliate (in a fight or quarrel)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 催 (“to urge (someone to do something)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		催
Cantonese	Guangzhou	催
	Hong Kong	催
Min Nan	Shantou (Chaoyang)	勸

Compounds

力勸／力劝 勸世／劝世 (quànshì) 勸勉／劝勉 (quànmiǎn) 勸募／劝募 勸化／劝化 勸告／劝告 (quàngào) 勸和／劝和 (quànhé) 勸善／劝善 (quànshàn) 勸善懲惡／劝善惩恶 (quànshànchéng'è) 勸善戒惡／劝善戒恶 勸善規過／劝善规过 勸善黜惡／劝善黜恶 勸學／劝学 (quànxué) 勸學篇／劝学篇 勸導／劝导 (quàndǎo) 勸慰／劝慰 (quànwèi) 勸戒／劝戒 勸捐／劝捐 勸教／劝教 勸杯／劝杯 勸架／劝架 (quànjià)

勸業場／劝业场 勸止／劝止 (quànzhǐ) 勸百諷一／劝百讽一 勸盤／劝盘 勸解／劝解 (quànjiě) 勸誘／劝诱 (quànyòu) 勸誡／劝诫 (quànjiè) 勸說／劝说 (quànshuō) 勸諫／劝谏 (quànjiàn) 勸農／劝农 (quànnóng) 勸退／劝退 (quàntuì) 勸進／劝进 (quànjìn) 勸酒／劝酒 (quànjiǔ) 勸酬／劝酬 勸開／劝开 勸阻／劝阻 (quànzǔ) 勸降／劝降 (quànxiáng) 勸駕／劝驾 和勸／和劝 奉勸／奉劝 (fèngquàn)

好言相勸／好言相劝 (hǎoyán xiāngquàn) 婉勸／婉劝 懲勸／惩劝 懲惡勸善／惩恶劝善 (chéng'èquànshàn) 扯勸／扯劝 拉勸／拉劝 柔性勸導／柔性劝导 殺狗勸夫／杀狗劝夫 演古勸今／演古劝今 相勸／相劝 (xiāngquàn) 罰一勸百／罚一劝百 苦勸／苦劝 (kǔquàn) 規勸／规劝 (guīquàn) 解勸／解劝 課勸／课劝 諫勸／谏劝 諷一勸百／讽一劝百 賞一勸百／赏一劝百 連勸帶訓／连劝带训 龔遂勸農／龚遂劝农

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Japanese

Shinjitai	勧
Kyūjitai	勸

Kanji

勸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 勧)

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Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yō-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: すすめる (susumeru)

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Korean

Hanja

勸 (eumhun 권할 권 (gwonhal gwon))

1. Hanja form^? of 권 (“recommend, advise, urge”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

勸: Hán Nôm readings: khuyến, khuyên

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