荐

jiàn

j+iàn·4th tone

to recommend · grass

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 9

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

荐=艹+存

Etymology

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

Meanings

to recommend

to offer sacrifice (arch.)

grass

straw mat

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Words with 荐 96 total

straw mattress · palliasse草荐cǎo jiàn to recommend举荐jǔ jiàn to strongly recommend力荐lì jiàn

Idioms with 荐 7 total Chain

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)饥馑荐臻jī jǐn jiàn zhēn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)毛遂自荐Máo Suì zì jiàn Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty祁奚之荐Qí Xī zhī jiàn court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down章甫荐履zhāng fǔ jiàn lu:3