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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
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
自荐
zìjiàn
to recommend oneself (for a job)
举荐
jǔjiàn
to recommend
草荐
cǎojiàn
straw mattress
推荐书
tuījiànshū
recommendation letter
荐头店
jiàntoudiàn
job agency (arch.)
推荐信
tuījiànxìn
recommendation letter
饥馑荐臻
jījǐnjiànzhēn
famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
祁奚之荐
QíXīzhījiàn
Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
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)
章甫荐履
zhāngfǔjiànlǚ
court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,366
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,351 of 84,292