薦 – recommend, mat, advise

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1082 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 薦 means recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すす.める (susumeru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	すす.める	susumeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 广・杰・艾.

Words using 薦

Example sentences

私達は彼を議長に推薦した。

We recommended him as chairman.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝華荒

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