懂中文 Dong Chinese

諫

jiàn

remonstrate

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

柬 sound component

柬  Sound component

jiǎn

  

letter

Evolution

諫 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
諫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
諫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
諫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

谏 (諫) 

jiàn

remonstrate, admonish; to remonstrate; to admonish

谏 (諫) 

Jiàn

surname Jian

Most common words with 諫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

谏

to admonish

劝谏

to admonish

直谏

direct criticism

规谏

to remonstrate

从谏如流

to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)