Memory phrase for the character: 荐




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Meaning

to recommend, grass, straw mat

Pronunciation

jiàn

Explanation

Top: plant, grass 艹, bottom: exist 存 (With this talent 才 the child 子 can exist.)

Mnemonic


 
Grass exists and [I recommend its use] as a straw mat.

Radicals

grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
talentWhen the big 大 person balances on one foot, he is talented. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
childA child with an oversized head 乛, body 亅 and two outstretched arms 一 is seeking support.
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 Vocabulary

推荐 tuī jiàn  to recommend; recommendation
荐举 jiàn jǔ  to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend
饥馑荐臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn  famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
祁奚之荐 Qí Xī zhī jiàn  Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty
祁奚之荐 Qí Xī zhī jiàn  


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