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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 18
Total Strokes: 19
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Pronunciation

Pinyin: quàn
Cantonese: hyun3
JapaneseKun: SUSUMERU
JapaneseOn: KAN KEN
Korean: KWEN
Vietnamese: khuyến

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: recommend, advise, urge

CE-Dict: to advise/to urge/to try to persuade/to exhort

Soothill: To exhort, persuade, admonish.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) To exhort, persuade, encourage. (2) To advise, teach. (3) Push, advance, increase (sama^da^payati).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to persuade; to advise
2.to encourage

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: advise; encourage; persuade

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: advise; persuade

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《力部》勸 勉也。从力雚聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【力字部】 勸
【唐韻】去願切【集韻】【韻會】區願切,𠀤音券。【說文】勉也。从力,雚聲。【廣韻】獎勉也,助也,敎也。【書·禹謨】勸之以九歌,俾勿壞。又悅從也。【論語】舉善而敎,不能則勸。又【戰國策】荆王大悅,許救甚勸。【註】勸猶力也。【集韻】或作勌。

Buddhism words and phrases exhort

CF-Dict: conseiller/persuader

Han-De-Dict: drängen, dringend bitten (u.E.)/ermahnen (u.E.)/mitteilen, anraten (u.E.)/jmd überreden (u.E.) (V)