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荐
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recommend

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Plants
jiàn
セン
すす.める
천
Depicts an animal (廌) eating grass (艹) in a pasture. Based on the original meaning "pasture, straw mat". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Traditional (薦)
艹 grass (top)+ 廌 Xiezhi =
薦 recommend
艹 Iconic component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
廌 Iconic component
zhì Xiezhi
unicorn
Simplified (荐)
艹 grass (top)+ 存 deposit =
荐 recommend
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
存 Phonetic component
cún deposit
exist, live, be
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
荐
Regular
Modern
Chinese
荐 / 薦 [jiàn]
to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat
Japanese
薦 、 菰 こも 同音

noun

  1. woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves)
  2. abbrev. beggar
  3. archaic Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
薦 すすむ
Susumu given name
CHINESE WORDS (19)
推荐 [tuī​jiàn] #3,665
to recommend
推荐信 [tuī​jiàn​xìn] #10,939
recommendation letter
引荐 [yǐn​jiàn] #19,517
to recommend sb
自荐 [zì​jiàn] #28,004
to recommend oneself (for a job)
举荐 [jǔ​jiàn] #35,905
to recommend
毛遂自荐 [Máo​Suì​zì​jiàn] #33,904
Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
荐举 [jiàn​jǔ] #53,864
to propose (for a job)
荐引 [jiàn​yǐn] #67,427
to introduce
饥馑荐臻 [jī​jǐn​jiàn​zhēn] #73,911
famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
推荐书 [tuī​jiàn​shū]
recommendation letter
9 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (29)
⭐ 勧める [すすめる] #2,898
to recommend (someone to do)
⭐ 推薦 [すいせん] #6,715
recommendation
お勧め [おすすめ] #10,730
recommendation
⭐ 勧め [すすめ] #25,791
recommendation
推薦状 [すいせんじょう] #39,845
letter of invitation
薦 [こも] #54,006
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves)
推薦枠 [すいせんわく] #63,616
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
推薦入学 [すいせんにゅうがく] #67,075
admission based on recommendation
⭐ 自薦 [じせん] #78,365
self-recommendation
推薦者 [すいせんしゃ] #80,679
recommender
19 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
추천 #21,971
recommendation
추천서
letter of recommendation; letter of reference