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進 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「辶」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「辶」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
すす(む)・すす(める)susu(mu) · susu(meru)
Meaning
advance, proceed

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

辶 (to go) + 隹 (bird). A bird can only fly forward, so it means to 'advance'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシンしんshin進級しんきゅう進言しんげん前進ぜんしん
Kunすすむsusumu進むすすむ進みすすみ
Kunすすめるsusumeru進めるすすめる

Compare: 勧める・薦める

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 前進ぜんしん

    moving forward

  • 進学しんがく

    advancing to a higher school

More words with this kanji

  • 昇進しょうしん
  • 促進そくしん
  • 漸進ぜんしん
  • 進捗しんちょく
  • 猪突猛進ちょとつもうしん
  • 亢進こうしん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

前(まえ)に 一(いち)歩(ほ) 進(すす)む。

I step forward one step.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

前進進学進前front学study返return送send追chase速fast運carry申say身body神god真true深deep
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 辶Map of reading シンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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