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jiàn

Meanings

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jiàn
  1. 1.to recommend
  2. 2.to offer sacrifice (arch.)
  3. 3.grass
  4. 4.straw mat

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.straw mat
  2. 2.fodder grass
  3. 3.repeatedly
  4. 4.to gather
  5. 5.to offer; to present
  6. 6.to recommend; to suggest; to endorse
  7. 7.to sacrifice
  8. 8.sacrifice; offering

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and jiajie (假借): 艸 (“grass”) + 廌 (“wild beast”) - "pasture". Later borrowed for sound to mean "recommend".

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Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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