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促 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

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3Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
ソクそく · soku
Kun
うなが.すunaga.su
Meaning
urge; prompt

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" with 足 "foot": to make someone quicken their step — to urge.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソクそくsoku促進そくしん促成そくせい催促さいそく
Kunうながすunagasu促すうながす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 促進そくしん

    promotion; acceleration

  • 催促さいそく

    urging; reminder

More words with this kanji

  • 督促とくそく
  • 偓促あくそく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

提出(ていしゅつ)を促(うなが)す手紙(てがみ)が来(き)た。

A letter came urging submission.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading ソクAll maps

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