Chinese symbol for “exhortation”
劝告
quàn gào
Traditional: 勸告
to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exhortation is 劝告 (quàn gào), defined as: to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; measure word: 席 (xí).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “exhortation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 劝告.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劝说 (勸說) | quàn shuō | to persuade; persuasion |
| 劝阻 (勸阻) | quàn zǔ | to advise against; to dissuade |
| 劝导 (勸導) | quàn dǎo | to advise; to attempt to convince |
| 奉劝 (奉勸) | fèng quàn | may I offer a bit of advice |
| 劝解 (勸解) | quàn jiě | conciliation; mediation |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 广告 (廣告) | guǎng gào | to advertise; a commercial |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exhortation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.