surname Jian
to remonstrate / to admonish

諫 character breakdown

abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jian3 pu3 zhai4], Cambodia

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3]

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
words / speech / to say / to talk

= + + : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

= + + : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.

Characters with 諫 as component

諫 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 諫

to admonish tactfully
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity
to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
to admonish strenuously
to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort
to criticize frankly / to admonish
to send or go on a punitive expedition
written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)
see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4]
advice / to advise
see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4]
(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully

Sentences with 諫

諫 currently does not appear in any sentence.