谏 — Chinese character
谏
jiàn
to admonish, to remonstrate
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 讠 柬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — speech; meaning component 讠; sound component 柬
- Traditional
- 諫
Common words with 谏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劝谏 (勸諫) | quàn jiàn | to admonish |
| 谏言 (諫言) | jiàn yán | advice; to advise |
| 讽谏 (諷諫) | fěng jiàn | (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully |
| 规谏 (規諫) | guī jiàn | to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) |
| 直谏 (直諫) | zhí jiàn | to admonish sb frankly; direct criticism |
| 谏诤 (諫諍) | jiàn zhèng | see 诤谏 (zhèng jiàn) |
| 谏书 (諫書) | jiàn shū | written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old) |
| 从谏如流 (從諫如流) | cóng jiàn rú liú | to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors) |
| 几谏 (幾諫) | jī jiàn | to admonish tactfully |
| 泣谏 (泣諫) | qì jiàn | to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity |
| 苦谏 (苦諫) | kǔ jiàn | to admonish strenuously |
| 诤谏 (諍諫) | zhèng jiàn | to criticize frankly; to admonish |
English words written with 谏
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