勧 persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer 13 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1068 in newspapers Readings Onカン、ケン Kunすす.める In Chinese 劝, traditional 勸 Words written with it 勧告 かんこく advice N1 勧める すすめる to recommend (someone to do) N3 勧め すすめ recommendation N1 勧誘 かんゆう invitation N1 勧奨 かんしょう encouragement 勧業 かんぎょう (encouragement of) industry 勧進帳 かんじんちょう temple solicitation book 勧善懲悪 かんぜんちょうあく rewarding good and punishing evil 勧進 かんじん temple solicitation