Japanese symbol for “recommendations”

推奨事項

すいしょうじこう

Romaji: suishoujikou

recommendations

In Japanese, recommendations is 推奨事項, read すいしょうじこう (suishoujikou).

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Meanings

n recommendations

Kanji and stroke order

推

conjecture, infer, guess

on: スイ
kun: お.す

11 strokes · JLPT 1

奨

exhort, urge, encourage

on: ショウ、ソウ
kun: すす.める

13 strokes · JLPT 1

事

matter, thing, fact

on: ジ、ズ
kun: こと、つか.う、つか.える

8 strokes · JLPT 3

項

paragraph, nape of neck, clause

on: コウ
kun: うなじ

12 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
推進	すいしん suishin	propulsion; drive
推薦	すいせん suisen	recommendation; referral; endorsement
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
奨励	しょうれい shourei	encouragement; promotion; inducement
推奨	すいしょう suishou	recommendation; endorsement
仕事	しごと shigoto	work; job; labor
項目	こうもく koumoku	item; heading; category

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.