The kanji 薦: meaning, readings and stroke order

薦

Meaning: recommend
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: すす（める） susumeru
Strokes: 16
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tiến cử, giới thiệu (tiến)
Japanese: よいとおもってすすめる。
Korean: 추천하다, 권하다 (천)
Chinese: 推荐、举荐 (荐)

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading · less common

推すい薦せん
recommendation
先生の 推すい薦せんを受けます。
I get a recommendation from my teacher.

すす（める） susumeru · kun reading · less common

薦すすめる
to recommend
この本を 薦すすめます。
I recommend this book.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.