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Japanese symbol for “recommendation”

Romaji: suisen
recommendation; referral; endorsement

In Japanese, recommendation is , read (suisen).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adj-no, n, vs recommendation; referral; endorsement

Kanji and stroke order

conjecture, infer, guess
on: スイ
kun: お.す
11 strokes · JLPT 1
recommend, mat, advise
on: セン
kun: すす.める
16 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “recommendation”

WordReadingMeaning
すすめ susumerecommendation; advice; suggestion
すいしょう suishourecommendation; endorsement
かんこく kankokuadvice; counsel; remonstrance
ていげん teigenproposal; motion; recommendation
たせん tasenrecommendation (by others)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
すいしん suishinpropulsion; drive
すいてい suiteipresumption; assumption
すいそく suisokuguess; conjecture
すいり suirireasoning; inference; deduction
すいい suiitransition; change; progress
じせん jisenself-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward
たせん tasenrecommendation (by others)
すいせんしゃ suisensharecommender; nominator; referee

See also: Chinese symbol for “recommendation”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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