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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 薦 U+85A6 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 荐 Semantic variant Simplified character | 𧲛 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 草+ 13 strokes = 19 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.408#32 Kangxi: p.1062#02 Cihai: p.1169r3c01 GSR: 477.a Hanyu: v5,p3305#11 |
| Composition: | Top: 艹, bottom: 廌. Component of: 𧂑 瀳 𥤆 𧟆 䍎 𦇩 𧲛 𨰂 𨷳 鞯 |
| Mandarin: | jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ |
| Cantonese: | zin3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *tzèn |
| Shuowen: | 《𢊁部》荐：兽之所食草。从𢊁从草。古者神人以𢊁遗黄帝。帝曰：“何食？何处？”曰：“食荐；夏处水泽，冬处松柏。” |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·霰·荐》荐：荐席又荐进也。《说文》曰：兽之所食草古者神人以𢊁遗黄帝帝曰何食何处曰食荐夏处川泽冬处松柏又姓出姓苑作甸切𢊁。丈买切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·草部·十三》荐：〔古文〕𧲛《唐韵》《集韵》𠀤作甸切，音𧲛。《尔雅·释草》荐，黍蓬。《疏》蒿也。《唐书·契苾何力传》逐荐草美水以爲生。《说文》兽之所食草也。《庄子·齐物论》麋鹿食荐。《郭注》六畜所食曰荐。又《韵会》进也。《易·豫卦》殷荐之上帝。《周礼·笾人》荐羞之实。《注》未食未飮曰荐，旣食旣飮曰羞。《谷梁传注》无牲而祭曰荐。又《集韵》才甸切。通荐。《前汉·终军传》随畜荐居。《师古注》荐读曰荐。又与缙通。《史记·五帝本纪》荐绅先生难言之。又《扬子·方言》江淮家居𥴖中谓之荐。《注》荐音荐。又《字汇补》卽略切，音爵。《诗·大雅》𥂘醢以荐。与臄、咢爲韵。《集韵》或作𥤆、𧲛。 考证：〔《周礼·笾人》荐羞之事。〕谨照原文事改实。〔《扬子·方言》江淮家𥴖于中，谓之荐。《注》荐音符。〕谨照原文𥴖于改居𥴖。符改荐。 |
| Fanqie: | 丈买 (《广韵·去声·霰·荐》) |
| Unihan definition: | offer, present; recommend |
Example usage
| 《论语·乡党》: | 君赐腥，必熟而荐之。 |
| When the prince sent him a gift of undressed meat, he would have it cooked, and offer it to the spirits of his ancestors. | |
| 《孟子·万章上》: | 昔者舜荐禹于天，十有七年，舜崩。 |
| Shun presented Yu to Heaven. Seventeen years elapsed, and Shun died. | |
| 《礼记·王制》: | 大夫、士宗庙之祭，有田则祭，无田则荐。 |
| Great and other officers, at the sacrifices in their ancestral temples, if they had lands, sacrificed an animal; and, if they had no lands, they only presented fruits. | |
| 《墨子·尚同上》: | 上之所是，必皆是之，所非必皆非之，上有过则规谏之，下有善则傍荐之。 |
| What the superior thinks to be right all shall think to be right; what the superior thinks to be wrong all shall think to be wrong. When the superior is at fault there shall be good counsel, when the subordinates show virtue there shall be popular recommendation. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 民食刍豢，麋鹿食荐，蝍且甘带，鸱鸦耆鼠，四者孰知正味？ |
| Men eat animals that have been fed on grain and grass; deer feed on the thick-set grass; centipedes enjoy small snakes; owls and crows delight in mice; but does any one of the four know the right taste? | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 尧立七十年得舜，二十年而老，令舜摄行天子之政，荐之于天。 |
| Yao had sat on the throne seventy years, when he secured Shun's services for twenty years; then, being old, he directed that Shun should be associated with him in the government of the empire, and presented him to Heaven. | |
| 《诗经·节南山》: | 天方荐瘥、丧乱弘多。 |
| Heaven is continually redoubling its afflictions; Deaths and disorder increase and multiply. | |
| 《周易·䷓观》: | 观：盥而不荐，有孚顒若。 |
| Guan shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings - with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard). | |
| 《荀子·礼论》: | 卜筮视日、斋戒、修涂、几筵、馈荐、告祝，如或飨之。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 故曰黄钟微而均，鲜全而不伤，其为宫独尊，象大圣之德，可以明至贤之功，故奉而荐之于宗庙，以歌迎功德，世世不忘。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 祭牲白牡，荐尚肺。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷七》: | 孔子曰：“产、荐也。” |
| 《大戴礼记·夏小正》: | 荼也者，以为君荐蒋也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·礼乐》: | 《易》曰：“先王以作乐崇德，殷荐之上帝，以配祖考。” |
| 《中论·法象》: | 《易》曰：“《观》盥而不荐。” |
| 《孔子家语·问礼》: | 作其祝号，玄酒以祭，荐其血毛，腥其俎。 |
| 《潜夫论·本政》: | 祁奚之为大夫也，举雠荐子，故能得正人。 |
| 《论衡·偶会》: | 时适当起，贤人荐己。 |
| 《太玄经·太玄数》: | 五五为土，为中央，为四维，日戊己，辰辰戍丑未，声宫，色黄，味甘，臭芳，形殖，生金，胜水，时该，藏心，侟神，性信，情恐惧，事思，用睿，撝圣，徵风，帝黄帝，神后土，星从其位，类为其裸，为封，为瓶，为宫，为宅，为中溜，为内事，为织，为衣，为裘，为茧，为絮，为床，为荐，为驯，为怀，为腹器，为脂，为漆，为胶，为囊，为包，为舆，为毂，为稼，为啬，为食，为𡧢，为棺，为犊，为衢，为会，为都，为度，为量，为土工，为弓矢，为黄怪，为愚，为牟。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 重黎又荐能为音者，舜曰：“夫乐、天地之精，得失之节，故唯圣人为能和乐之本。” |
| 《忠经·观风章》: | 善虽雠必荐，恶虽亲必去。 |
| 《新语·辨惑》: | 臣闻嘉乐不野合，牺象之荐不下堂。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 荐考妣于适寝之所，祭春荐韭卵，夏荐麦鱼，秋荐黍豚，冬荐稻雁，制无常牲，取与新物相宜而已。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 《月令》曰：“先荐寝庙。” |
| 《列子·周穆王》: | 月月献玉衣，旦旦荐玉食。 |
| 《列仙传·园客》: | 一旦，有五色蛾止其香树末，客收而荐之以布，生桑蚕焉。 |
| 《韩非子·存韩》: | 韩事秦三十馀年，出则为捍蔽，入则为席荐，秦特出锐师取韩地，而随之怨悬于天下，功归于强秦。 |
| 《管子·五行》: | 睹庚子，金行御，天子出令，命祝宗选禽兽之禁，五谷之先熟者，而荐之祖庙与五祀，鬼神飨其气焉，君子食其味焉。 |
| 《淮南子·览冥训》: | 今夫赤螭、青虬之游冀州也，天清地定，毒兽不作，飞鸟不骇，入榛薄，食荐梅，噆味含甘，步不出顷亩之区，而蛇鳝轻之，以为不能与之争于江海之中。 |
| 《吕氏春秋》: | 乃尝鱼，先荐寝庙。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 郑武公，庄公，为平王卿士，王贰于虢，郑伯怨王，王曰，无之，故周郑交质，王子狐为质于郑，郑公子忽为质于周，王崩，周人将畀虢公政，四月，郑祭足帅师取温之麦，秋，又取成周之禾，周郑交恶，君子曰，信不由中，质无益也，明恕而行，要之以礼，虽无有质，谁能间之，苟有明信，涧，溪，沼，沚，之毛，苹，蘩，薀，藻，之菜，筐，筥，锜，釜，之，器，潢污，行潦，之水，可荐于鬼神，可羞于王公，而况君子结二国之信，行之以礼，又焉用质，风有采繁，采苹，雅有行苇，泂酌，昭忠信也。 |
| 《逸周书·官人解》: | 喜色犹然以出，怒色荐然以侮，欲色妪然以愉，惧色薄然以下，忧悲之色瞿然以静。 |
| 《国语·吴语》: | 日臣尝卜于天，今吴民既罢，而大荒荐饥，市无赤米，而囷鹿空虚，其民必移就莆蠃于东海之滨。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 勇力之士，无忌于国，贵戚不荐善，逼迩不引过，故晏子见公。 |
| 《吴越春秋》: | 臣请荐脯，行酒二觞。 |
| 《越绝书·吴内传》: | 益与禹臣于舜，舜传之禹，荐益而封之百里。 |
| 《战国策》: | 且张登之为人也，善以微计荐中山之君久矣，难信以为利。 |
| 《盐铁论·刺复》: | 招举贤良、方正、文学之士，超迁官爵，或至卿大夫，非燕昭之荐士，文王之广贤也？ |
| 《列女传·有虞二妃》: | 四岳荐之于尧，尧乃妻以二女以观厥内。 |
| 《春秋谷梁传》: | 祭者荐其时也，荐其敬也，荐其美也，非享味也。 |
| 《汉书·叙传下》: | 安辩而邪，赐顽以荒，敢行称乱，窘世荐亡。 |
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