薦

endorse; recommend; mat; advise; encourage; offer

16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1082.

Readings

• セン (on reading): 推薦 (すいせん) recommendation; 推薦者 (すいせんしゃ) recommender
• すすめる (kun reading)

Components

• 艹
• 广
• 灬
• 广 radical house on a cliff
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火

Words using 薦

• 推薦 (すいせん) recommendation
• 推薦者 (すいせんしゃ) recommender
• 推薦人 (すいせんにん) recommender
• 推薦状 (すいせんじょう) letter of invitation
• 推薦書 (すいせんしょ) recommendation
• 薦被り (こもかぶり) cask wrapped in straw matting
• 薦僧 (こもそう) mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect
• 御薦 (おこも) beggar
• 荒薦 (あらごも) loosely woven mat of wild rice leaves

19 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists