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諭

rebuke
Stroke count: 16

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. rebukeRtK
    福沢諭吉は日本に西洋思想を広めた。Yukichi Fukuzawa introduced Western ideas into Japan.tatoeba
    福澤諭吉の福澤心訓Precepts of Yukichi FUKUZAWAwiki
  2. admonish
    先生は生徒たちに不注意を諭した。The teacher admonished his pupils for carelessness.tatoeba
  3. charge
  4. warn
  5. persuade
  1. to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.)
  2. to reason with
  3. to advise
  4. to try to persuade
  5. to exhort

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · meeting of butchers · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 376

Compound words

教諭きょうゆ
(licensed) teacher
諭すさとす
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort
上諭じょうゆ
imperial edict
説諭せつゆ
persuasion
勅諭ちょくゆ
imperial instructions
比諭ひゆ
simile
諭旨ゆし
official suggestion (esp. to resign from one's job)
諭示ゆし
admonition
譬諭ひゆ
simile
助教諭じょきょうゆ
assistant or associate professor

Additional Examples

福澤諭吉らと親しむ。
He made friends with Yukichi FUKUZAWA and others.wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 諭

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