Chinese symbol for “recommendation”
处方
chǔ fāng
Traditional: 處方
medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation; advice
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recommendation is 处方 (chǔ fāng), defined as: medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation; advice.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “recommendation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 处方.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 处于 (處於) | chǔ yú | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
| 到处 (到處) | dào chù | everywhere |
| 好处 (好處) | hǎo chǔ | easy to get along with |
| 处罚 (處罰) | chǔ fá | to penalize; to punish |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recommendation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.