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HSK 5
荐
薦
jiàn
1.
to recommend
2.
to offer sacrifice (arch.)
3.
grass
4.
straw mat
Very Common • Top 3%
✏️ 10 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (19)
引荐
yǐnjiàn
to recommend sb
推荐
tuījiàn
to recommend
自荐
zìjiàn
to recommend oneself (for a job)
举荐
jǔjiàn
to recommend
草荐
cǎojiàn
straw mattress
荐引
jiànyǐn
to introduce
荐椎
jiànzhuī
sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
荐举
jiànjǔ
to propose (for a job)
荐言
jiànyán
to recommend (in words)
荐头
jiàntou
employment agent (arch.)
荐骨
jiàngǔ
sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
追荐
zhuījiàn
to pray for the soul of a deceased
推荐信
tuījiànxìn
recommendation letter
推荐书
tuījiànshū
recommendation letter
荐头店
jiàntoudiàn
job agency (arch.)
毛遂自荐
MáoSuìzìjiàn
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)
祁奚之荐
QíXīzhījiàn
Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
章甫荐履
zhāngfǔjiànlǚ
court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
饥馑荐臻
jījǐnjiànzhēn
famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,366
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,351 of 84,292