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薦

JLPT N1 16 strokes Frequency: #1082

Meanings

Recommend, Mat, Advise, Encourage, Offer

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹廌

Etymology

Pictophonetic: perennial grass

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 diagonal top-to-bottom

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

13 dot bottom-to-top

14 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

15 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

16 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セン sen

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すす susu

Words Using This Kanji

19 words total

Other (19 words)

self-recommendation

recommendation

recommender

letter of invitation

recommendation (by others)

薦被りこもかぶり

cask wrapped in straw matting

薦挙せんきょ

recommendation

推薦書すいせんしょ

recommendation

薦僧こもそう

mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect

薦こも

woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves)

御薦おこも

beggar

荒薦あらごも

loosely woven mat of wild rice leaves

推薦図書すいせんとしょ

recommended books

推薦枠すいせんわく

(university) admission category for recommended candidates

奏薦そうせん

recommendation to the throne

推薦入学すいせんにゅうがく

admission based on recommendation

推薦入試すいせんにゅうし

entrance examination for selected candidates (who have been recommended to the university)

指定校推薦していこうすいせん

designated school recommendation

推薦人すいせんにん

recommender

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