薦
See also: 荐
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Translingual
Han character
薦 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈X火 (TIXF), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱艹廌)
Derived characters
- 瀳 韉 䍎
Related characters
- 鹿 (compare 𢊁)
References
- KangXi: page 1062, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32143
- Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3305, character 11
- Unihan data for U+85A6
Chinese
trad. | 薦 | |
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simp. | 荐* | |
alternative forms | 荐 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 薦 | |||
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Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (薦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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瀳 | *ʔsɯːn, *zɯːns |
韉 | *ʔsɯːn |
薦 | *ʔseːns |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 艸 (“grass”) + 𢊁.
Pronunciation
Definitions
薦
- to offer; to present
- 寄意寒星荃不察,我以我血薦軒轅。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: around 1903, by 魯迅 [Lu Xun],《自題小像》
- Jì yì hán xīng quán bù chá, wǒ yǐ wǒ xuè jiàn Xuānyuán. [Pinyin]
- A cold star might convey men's will, but the Chinese people lacks judgment still;So I shall offer my blood up for Xuan Yuan,our progenitor.
寄意寒星荃不察,我以我血荐轩辕。 [MSC, simp.]
- to recommend; to suggest; to endorse
- 推薦/推荐 ― tuījiàn ― to recommend
- (literary) to sacrifice
- (literary) sacrifice; offering
- (alt. form 荐) fodder grass
- (alt. form 荐) straw mat
- (alt. form 荐) repeatedly
- (anatomy) Alternative name for 骶 (dǐ, “sacrum”).
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
薦
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- recommend, advise
- mat
Readings
- On (unclassified): せん (sen, Jōyō); しん (shin)
- Kun: すすめる (susumeru, 薦める, Jōyō); くさよもぎ (kusayomogi); こも (komo)
Korean
Hanja
薦 • (cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
薦: Hán Nôm readings: tiến
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