What 諫 means
It names an admonition meant to correct someone's course.
Its earliest attested uses appear on bronze objects inscribed in the middle Western Zhou. The sense is remonstrating with a ruler: speaking up to steer a leader away from a mistake. In Japanese, 諫める means to admonish someone or restrain them.
諫 combines 言, the speech component, with 柬, which supplies a sound clue. 諫言 names a remonstrance; 諫諍 makes the disagreement more explicit.
Formal and pointed: it frames advice as a correction of someone's conduct or decision.
It can sound like a rebuke, not friendly general advice.
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CJK Unified Ideograph-8A00
This is the speech component in 諫, placing the character in the domain of spoken correction.
CJK Unified Ideograph-67Ec
柬 serves as the sound component in 諫; it gives a sound clue, while 言 carries the speech-related meaning.
CJK Unified Ideograph-8B95
Bronze records also use 讕 for remonstrating; the shared use is a historical connection, not evidence that one character evolved from the other.
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How to type or find 諫
- Also called
- 谏 · 諌
- Search it as
- 諫める · isameru · 諫言 · 諫諍 · kangen · jian · admonish · remonstrate
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