jiàn
recommend
Original meaning:
pasture, straw mat
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 存 represents the sound. Simplified form of 薦. Based on the original meaning "pasture, straw mat". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 荐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to recommend | ||
recommendation letter | ||
to recommend sb | ||
to recommend oneself (for a job) | ||
grass |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-tsˤə[n]-s | dzenH | jiàn | grass, herb |
*[N-ts]ˤə[n]-s | dzenH | jiàn | twice; a second time |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 8.9220% of movies
2111th most common character in movies
2367th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8350 |
Shuowen | “荐，薦蓆也。从艸，存聲。” |
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