谏
to remonstrate; to admonish
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,738 U+8C0F
How 谏 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 柬 (phonetic, jiǎn)
components: 讠 柬
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 柬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 柬 (jiǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柬 sound component | jiǎn | card, letter, invitation, note |
| 练 | liàn | to drill, to exercise; to practice, to train |
| 炼 | liàn | to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense |
| 阑 | lán | screen door, railing, fence |
| 拣 | jiǎn | to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up |
| 楝 | liàn | Melia japonica |
Words containing 谏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从谏如流 | cóng jiàn rú liú | to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from… |
| 谏书 | jiàn shū | written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old) |
| 谏言 | jiàn yán | advice; to advise |
| 谏正 | jiàn zhèng | see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4] |
| 直谏 | zhí jiàn | to admonish sb frankly; direct criticism |
| 苦谏 | kǔ jiàn | to admonish strenuously |
| 谏征 | jiàn zhēng | to send or go on a punitive expedition |
| 规谏 | guī jiàn | to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese); to exhort |
| 几谏 | jī jiàn | to admonish tactfully |
| 劝谏 | quàn jiàn | to admonish |
| 泣谏 | qì jiàn | to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity |
| 讽谏 | fěng jiàn | (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully |
| 诤谏 | zhèng jiàn | to criticize frankly; to admonish |
| 谏诤 | jiàn zhèng | see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4] |