薦 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• センJHS

Kun (native)

• すす(める)JHS

Nanori (used in names)

• こも

Other languages

• 拼音jian4
• 한글cheon
• Hán-ViệtTiến

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+85A6

grid_viewComponents

• 广まだれ
• 艹くさかんむり
• 灬れっか

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹廌

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 薦こも（こも）マコモや藁で粗く織った筵。woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves), beggar, Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
• 薦挙せんきょある者を推薦して役職に就けること。recommendation
• 薦僧こもそうmendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect
• 薦被りこもかぶりcask wrapped in straw matting, beggar

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-13

Four Corner

4422.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3k13.25

Heisig

2156

Nelson

4067