"荐" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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荐
Trad. 薦
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 艸
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 艹左丨子
艹 + 存
Prononciation
Mandarin jiàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin jian4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 TKLD
廿乂中木
Sijiao 4424.7
Wubi ADHB
CNS 11643 1-5776
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+8350
GB2312 BCF6
BIG5 AFF2
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荐 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat
Results beginning with 荐
荐举 jiàn jǔ to propose (for a job) / to nominate / to recommend
荐骨 jiàn gǔ sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
荐头 jiàn tou employment agent (arch.) / job broker
荐言 jiàn yán to recommend (in words) / to suggest
荐引 jiàn yǐn to introduce / to recommend
荐椎 jiàn zhuī sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
荐头店 jiàn tou diàn job agency (arch.) / employment shop
Approximate Results for 荐
推荐 tuī jiàn to recommend / recommendation
自荐 zì jiàn to recommend oneself (for a job)
引荐 yǐn jiàn to recommend sb / to give a referral
举荐 jǔ jiàn to recommend
草荐 cǎo jiàn straw mattress / palliasse
力荐 lì jiàn to strongly recommend
追荐 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased
推荐信 tuī jiàn xìn recommendation letter
推荐书 tuī jiàn shū recommendation letter
毛遂自荐 Máo Suì zì jiàn 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)
饥馑荐臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
祁奚之荐 Qí Xī zhī jiàn Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom) / recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
章甫荐履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lu:3 court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) / everything turned upside down
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