Kanji
N1 16 strokes Grade 8 freq #1082

recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

grass kusa

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

recommendation; referral
self-recommendation; self-nomination
recommendation (by others)
recommender; nominator
entrance examination for selected candidates (who have been recommended to the university)
admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
designated school recommendation; recommendation for admission from a school designated by the university
recommendation to the throne
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
recommended books; recommended reading

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

cask wrapped in straw matting

Example sentences

He recommended this dictionary to me.

He will recommend you for a good post.

My teacher wrote a recommendation for me.

Beauty is a letter of recommendation which is almost impossible to ignore.