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Translingual
Han character
勸 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿土大尸 (TGKS), four-corner 44227, composition ⿰雚力)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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觀
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*koːn, *koːns
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灌
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*koːns
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鸛
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*koːns
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瓘
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*koːns
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矔
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*koːns, *kroːns
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懽
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*koːns, *qʰoːn
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爟
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*koːns
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雚
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*koːns
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罐
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*koːns
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鑵
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*koːns
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歡
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*qʰoːn
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驩
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*qʰoːn
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貛
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*qʰoːn
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酄
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*qʰoːn
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獾
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*qʰoːn
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讙
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*qʰoːn, *qʰon
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嚾
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*qʰoːns
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權
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*ɡron
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顴
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*ɡron
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孉
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*ɡron
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蠸
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*ɡron
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虇
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*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
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勸
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*kʰons
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰons) : phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) + semantic 力 (“strength”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- khoàn - literary;
- khǹg/khùiⁿ - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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勸
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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quàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khjwonH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.qʷʰar-s/
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English
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encourage
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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勸
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4501
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Phonetic component
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雚
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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劵
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰons/
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Definitions
勸
- to encourage; to recommend
- to advise; to urge; to exhort
- 勸告/劝告 ― quàngào ― to advise
- to appeal
- 勸架/劝架 ― quànjià ― to conciliate (in a fight or quarrel)
- a surname: Quan
Synonyms
- 勸說/劝说 (quànshuō)
- 折服 (zhéfú)
- 說/说 (shuì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 說動/说动 (shuōdòng)
- 說服/说服
Dialectal synonyms of
催 (“to urge (someone to do something)”)
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
勸
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 勧)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
勸 (eumhun 권할 권 (gwonhal gwon))
- hanja form? of 권 (“recommend, advise, urge”)
Vietnamese
Han character
勸: Hán Nôm readings: khuyến, khuyên
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