荐 — Chinese character
荐
jiàn
to recommend; to recur, to repeat
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 存
- Formation
- ideographic — A perennial; grass 艹 that survives 存 year-after-year
- Traditional
- 薦
- Japanese
- 荐 as a kanji
Common words with 荐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推荐 (推薦) | tuī jiàn | to recommend |
| 引荐 (引薦) | yǐn jiàn | to recommend sb; to give a referral |
| 举荐 (舉薦) | jǔ jiàn | to recommend |
| 自荐 (自薦) | zì jiàn | to recommend oneself (for a job) |
| 力荐 (力薦) | lì jiàn | to strongly recommend |
| 推荐信 (推薦信) | tuī jiàn xìn | recommendation letter |
| 荐举 (薦舉) | jiàn jǔ | to propose (for a job); to nominate |
| 推荐书 (推薦書) | tuī jiàn shū | recommendation letter |
| 章甫荐履 (章甫薦履) | zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ | court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down |
| 草荐 (草薦) | cǎo jiàn | straw mattress; palliasse |
| 荐引 (薦引) | jiàn yǐn | to introduce; to recommend |
| 荐椎 (薦椎) | jiàn zhuī | (anatomy) sacral vertebra; sacrum |
English words written with 荐
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