薦 — kanji meaning “recommend”
薦
recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer
- Meanings
- recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- すす.める
- Name readings
- こも
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1082 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- jiàn — Chinese character page
Words with 薦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推薦 | すいせん suisen | recommendation; referral; endorsement |
| 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 |
| 推薦状 | すいせんじょう suisenjou | letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference |
| 薦被り | こもかぶり komokaburi | cask wrapped in straw matting |
| 薦挙 | せんきょ senkyo | recommendation |
| 蒲薦 | ほせん hosen | bulrush mat |
| 推薦書 | すいせんしょ suisensho | recommendation; nomination |
| 薦僧 | こもそう komosou | mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect |
| 御薦 | おこも okomo | beggar |
| 荒薦 | あらごも aragomo | loosely woven mat of wild rice leaves |
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