| 荐 | jiàn | to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat |
| 推荐 | tuī jiàn | to recommend; recommendation |
| 荐举 | jiàn jǔ | to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend |
| 引荐 | yǐn jiàn | to recommend or propose sb (e.g. for a job) |
| 推荐信 | tuī jiàn xìn | recommendation letter |
| 推荐书 | tuī jiàn shū | recommendation letter |
| 毛遂自荐 | Máo Suì zì jiàn | Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) |
| 祁奚之荐 | Qí Xī zhī jiàn | Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty |
| 章甫荐履 | zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ | court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside-down |
| 举荐 | jǔ jiàn | to recommend |
| 草荐 | cǎo jiàn | straw mattress; palliasse |
| 荐引 | jiàn yǐn | to introduce; to recommend |
| 荐椎 | jiàn zhuī | sacrum (bone at the base of the spine) |
| 荐言 | jiàn yán | to recommend (in words); to suggest |
| 荐头 | jiàn tou | employment agent (arch.); job broker |
| 荐头店 | jiàn tou diàn | job agency (arch.); employment shop |
| 荐骨 | jiàn gǔ | sacrum (bone at the base of the spine) |
| 追荐 | zhuī jiàn | to pray for the soul of a deceased |
| 饥馑荐臻 | jī jǐn jiàn zhēn | famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs) |
