Kanji

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: admonish, dissuade

Kunyomi: いさ.める

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カンゲン admonition, remonstrance, expostulation

カンシ committing suicide (to remonstrate or dissuade one's lord), preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord

フウカン indirect remonstrance, exhortation by insinuation

チョッカン personal admonition, remonstration

Kunyomi Examples

諌める いさめる to remonstrate, to admonish (someone) for, to advise (someone) not to, to warn against