薦 – vocab dash

Keyword

recommend (something or someone)

recommend
mat
advise
encourage
offer

Frequency: #1082
Strokes: 16
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2156

Readings

セン75%

すす25%

Mnemonic

At a house on a cliff, the innkeeper hangs blades of grass in a small net for your horse; guests recommend (something or someone) it highly, though three horses fell off.

Stroke order

Composed of

艹blades of grass 广house on a cliff 罒small net 馬horse

Used in kanji

韉saddle blanket

Used in vocabulary

推すい薦せん

recommendation; referral; endorsement

Noun

薦すすめ

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

Noun

薦すすめる

to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

Ichidan verb

お薦すすめ

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

Noun

自じ薦せん

self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward

Noun

他た薦せん

recommendation (by others)

Noun

真薦まこも

Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

Noun

薦こも

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

Noun