Japanese symbol for “recommendation”
推薦
すいせん
Romaji: suisen
recommendation; referral; endorsement
In Japanese, recommendation is 推薦, read すいせん (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
- adj-no, n, vs recommendation; referral; endorsement
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “recommendation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勧め | すすめ susume | recommendation; advice; suggestion |
| 推奨 | すいしょう suishou | recommendation; endorsement |
| 勧告 | かんこく kankoku | advice; counsel; remonstrance |
| 提言 | ていげん teigen | proposal; motion; recommendation |
| 他薦 | たせん tasen | recommendation (by others) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推進 | すいしん suishin | propulsion; drive |
| 推定 | すいてい suitei | presumption; assumption |
| 推測 | すいそく suisoku | guess; conjecture |
| 推理 | すいり suiri | reasoning; inference; deduction |
| 推移 | すいい suii | transition; change; progress |
| 自薦 | じせん jisen | self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward |
| 他薦 | たせん tasen | recommendation (by others) |
| 推薦者 | すいせんしゃ suisensha | recommender; 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.