薦
薦 — Recommend
recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer
On’yomiセン (sen)
Kun’yomiすすめる (susumeru)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 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) |
Study notes
薦 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1082 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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