荐(jiàn)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad. 薦

to recommend

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Character information

Pinyin
jiàn
Meaning
to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
薦

Origin & structure

Where 荐 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱艹存

A perennial; grass 艹 that survives 存 year-after-year

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

艹ǎo存cún

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 薦: perennial grass

How to write 荐 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 荐

Common words using 荐 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tuī推jiàn荐
HSK 7-9

to recommend; recommendation

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lì力jiàn荐

to strongly recommend

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yǐn引jiàn荐

to recommend sb; to give a referral

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tuī推jiàn荐shū书

recommendation letter

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máo毛suì遂zì自jiàn荐

Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui of…

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qí祁xī奚zhī之jiàn荐

Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of…

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zhāng章fǔ甫jiàn荐lǚ履

court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down

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zì自jiàn荐

to recommend oneself (for a job)

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