薦

See also: 荐

薦	U+85A6, 薦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A6

← 薥
[U+85A5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

薧 →
[U+85A7]

Translingual

Han character

薦 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈X火 (TIXF), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹廌)

offer, present
recommend

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: volume 5, page 3305, character 11

Unihan data for U+85A6

Chinese

trad.		薦
simp.		荐^*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (薦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
瀳	ʔsɯːn, zɯːns
韉	*ʔsɯːn
薦	*ʔseːns

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 艸 (“grass”) + 𢊁.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³
Min Nan (POJ): chiàn / chiān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin³
  - Yale: jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciexn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiān
  - Tâi-lô: tsiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cien
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²²/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sen^H/▼

Rime
Character	薦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	作甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛn^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sen^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.tsˤə[r]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔseːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsen^H ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.tsˤə[r]-s/
English	grass, fodder
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薦
Reading #	1/1
No.	6253
Phonetic component	薦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	薦
Old Chinese	/*ʔseːns/

Definitions

薦

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Compounds

保薦／保荐 (bǎojiàn)
寢薦／寝荐
引薦／引荐 (yǐnjiàn)
推薦／推荐 (tuījiàn)
推薦甄選／推荐甄选
榮膺鶚薦／荣膺鹗荐
殷薦／殷荐
毛遂自薦／毛遂自荐 (máosuìzìjiàn)
潢潦可薦／潢潦可荐
眾口交薦／众口交荐
祁奚薦仇／祁奚荐仇
稱賢薦能／称贤荐能
稿薦／稿荐 (gǎojiàn)
章甫薦履／章甫荐履
自薦／自荐 (zìjiàn)

舉薦／举荐 (jǔjiàn)
舉薦征辟／举荐征辟
薦任／荐任
薦寢席／荐寝席
薦席／荐席
薦度／荐度
薦引／荐引
薦拔／荐拔
薦擢／荐擢
薦新祭／荐新祭
薦書／荐书
薦枕／荐枕
薦枕席／荐枕席
薦紳／荐绅
薦臻／荐臻 (jiànzhēn)

薦舉／荐举 (jiànjǔ)
薦賢／荐贤
薦賢任能／荐贤任能
薦賢舉能／荐贤举能
薦酒／荐酒
薦酹／荐酹
薦頭／荐头
薦頭店／荐头店
薦骨／荐骨
表薦／表荐 (biǎojiàn)
追薦／追荐
饑饉薦臻／饥馑荐臻 (jījǐnjiànzhēn)
饗薦／飨荐
首薦／首荐
鶚薦／鹗荐

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 (tiến)

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