Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

諭: rebuke, admonish

Also: charge, warn, persuade

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 俞 gives the sound

16 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ユyu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 教諭きょうゆ(licensed) teacher
  • 養護教諭ようごきょうゆschool nurse; nurse teacher; health teacher

さとすsatosu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 諭すさとすto make (someone) understand (a fault…
  • 諭しさとしguidance; admonition

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言

Also built on speech (言)

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俞

Also built on 俞

諭 takes the 俞 family's reading, ユ (yu).

Also read ユ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
諭 rebuke · 俞
vs誼 friendship · 宜
諭 has 俞 where 誼 has 宜.
In ChineseSimplified 谕 · traditional, as in Japanese · yù

Japan keeps the traditional form 諭; mainland China simplifies it to 谕.

Simplified
谕 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
諭 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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