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Kanji 薦: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 薦: recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer

Key takeaways

Kanji 薦: recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

薦
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Meaning

recommendmatadviseencourageoffer

On reading

セン

Kun reading

すす.める

Radical

艸

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 薦

recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer

Kanji structure breakdown

薦

Structure breakdown

艹 + 广 + 灬

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine selecting the finest grass (艹) dried over a fire (灬) inside a building (广) to offer to a guest or deity. This act of picking out the best to present evolved into the meanings of 'recommend' and 'encourage.'

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

セン
  • 推薦すいせん

    recommendation / endorsement

Commonly used words

  • 推薦
    すいせん

    recommendation / endorsement

Example sentences

Example 1

先生が私を推薦してくれた。

Translation

The teacher gave me a recommendation.

Example 2

この会社は社員を推薦します。

Translation

This company recommends employees.

Kanji 薦: recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer | Daily Nihongo