Read Edit View history Discussion 荐 jiàn HSK7 recommend Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 荐 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 薦 ×荐 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 荐 Simp strokes 荐 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 荐 Simp strokes 荐 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 荐 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 181, 669 ], [ 200, 663 ], [ 254, 662 ], [ 448, 691 ], [ 748, 721 ], [ 800, 717 ], [ 836, 703 ] ], [ [ 337, 781 ], [ 376, 750 ], [ 400, 615 ] ], [ [ 600, 828 ], [ 614, 820 ], [ 632, 790 ], [ 598, 685 ], [ 567, 615 ] ], [ [ 271, 509 ], [ 316, 501 ], [ 365, 503 ], [ 654, 557 ], [ 697, 556 ] ], [ [ 441, 626 ], [ 473, 584 ], [ 418, 479 ], [ 336, 351 ], [ 292, 295 ], [ 223, 229 ], [ 150, 175 ], [ 85, 139 ] ], [ [ 269, 367 ], [ 304, 301 ], [ 304, 175 ], [ 293, 50 ], [ 299, 1 ] ], [ [ 458, 413 ], [ 490, 402 ], [ 515, 403 ], [ 642, 449 ], [ 690, 450 ], [ 714, 425 ], [ 700, 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Z", "M 453 496 Q 541 512 633 525 Q 696 537 705 545 Q 715 552 710 560 Q 704 573 676 581 Q 648 588 618 578 Q 554 559 486 544 L 421 531 Q 354 524 279 519 Q 243 515 268 497 Q 304 473 378 485 Q 385 486 397 487 L 453 496 Z", "M 332 312 Q 377 367 426 451 Q 439 476 453 496 L 486 544 Q 493 557 502 562 Q 515 572 512 584 Q 508 609 464 633 Q 451 642 435 637 Q 425 631 430 619 Q 448 589 421 531 L 397 487 Q 351 405 307 346 L 276 308 Q 186 220 84 147 Q 72 135 81 132 Q 85 129 98 134 Q 192 167 280 253 L 332 312 Z", "M 280 253 Q 289 189 264 80 Q 254 38 283 -4 Q 284 -7 287 -9 Q 303 -24 314 1 Q 327 38 327 79 Q 326 251 330 290 Q 333 305 332 312 C 332 312 325 322 307 346 Q 294 367 273 375 Q 263 376 260 370 Q 257 363 276 309 Q 275 309 276 308 L 280 253 Z", "M 627 315 Q 724 394 757 404 Q 776 411 770 426 Q 767 439 706 473 Q 690 483 668 475 Q 616 454 534 430 Q 513 423 462 424 Q 441 425 449 406 Q 456 394 473 384 Q 501 369 532 388 Q 551 395 646 432 Q 658 438 668 431 Q 680 424 675 412 Q 647 372 613 324 C 596 300 604 296 627 315 Z", "M 662 262 Q 650 301 627 315 L 613 324 Q 606 330 595 332 Q 573 339 564 332 Q 551 325 565 312 Q 596 290 608 254 L 617 217 Q 636 109 608 48 Q 595 23 562 30 Q 537 34 512 38 Q 500 41 505 30 Q 509 23 525 11 Q 561 -22 572 -45 Q 582 -63 598 -60 Q 611 -59 638 -32 Q 704 37 671 224 L 662 262 Z", "M 671 224 Q 734 230 872 231 Q 891 231 895 239 Q 899 249 885 263 Q 837 299 778 285 Q 729 276 662 262 L 608 254 Q 511 241 399 225 Q 380 222 394 207 Q 407 194 424 189 Q 443 185 459 189 Q 529 208 609 217 Q 612 218 617 217 L 671 224 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.