劝

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to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The power 力 beside 又 the throne

Components 又力

advise · Heisig RSH #1986

crotch + muscle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小三劝退师	xiǎo sān quàn tuì shī	consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee
禄劝彝族苗族自治县	Lù quàn Yí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn	Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4], Yunnan
劝动	quàn dòng	to incite
劝化	quàn huà	to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism); to beg for alms
力劝	lì quàn	to strongly urge
相劝	xiāng quàn	to persuade; to exhort; to advise
劝和	quàn hé	to mediate; to urge peace
劝教	quàn jiào	to advise and teach; to persuade and instruct
劝说	quàn shuō	to persuade; persuasion; to advise
劝解	quàn jiě	conciliation; mediation; to mollify; to propitiate; to reconcile
解劝	jiě quàn	to soothe; to pacify; to mollify; to mediate (in a dispute etc)
劝酒	quàn jiǔ	to urge sb to drink alcohol
禄劝县	Lù quàn Xiàn	see 祿勸彝族苗族自治縣\|禄劝彝族苗族自治县[Lu4 quan4 Yi2 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
劝农使	quàn nóng shǐ	commissioner for the encouragement of agriculture, an official title in imperial China
劝服	quàn fú	to persuade; to convince; to win (sb) over
劝导	quàn dǎo	to advise; to attempt to convince
劝农	quàn nóng	(historical) to encourage farming; to encourage farmers to cultivate the land
听劝	tīng quàn	to heed advice; to listen to counsel
劝退	quàn tuì	to try to persuade sb to withdraw (from a job, candidacy, school etc)
劝告	quàn gào	to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; CL:席[xi2]