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Kanji Detail for 促 - "to urge, to prompt, to press"

促

  • Meaning

    促 means "to urge, to prompt, to press."

    1. Urge - To push forward; to encourage strongly.

    2. Prompt - To cause to act; to stimulate.

    3. Press - To hurry; to hasten.

  • Words using 促

    • 促進 そくしん Listen promotion; acceleration; encouragement
    • 促す うながす Listen to urge; to encourage; to press
    • 催促 さいそく Listen pressing; urging; demanding
    • 督促 とくそく Listen urge; demand; importunity
    • 促成 そくせい Listen promotion of growth
    • 販促 はんそく Listen sales promotion

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    • Verified meaning: to urge, to prompt, to press
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stimulate; urge; press; demand; incite

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    urge, press, hurry; close

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to urge, to rush, to hurry; hasty; near, close

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To press close. Such as 急促 (hurried), 短促 (brief). | To urge. Such as 敦促 (urge).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soku(ソク) ソク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    unagasu(うなが-す) うなが-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to urge to prompt to press busy hasten rush narrow shorten encourage accelerate expedite spur stimulate motivate incite

Sentences including 促

  • I was urged to self isolate at home today.

  • Mutual understanding promotes peace.

  • His job is to promote sales.

  • A reminder from the library has arrived.

  • Trade helps nations develop.

  • This music helps me to fall asleep.

  • The policeman called our attention to the danger of pickpockets.

  • He impatiently asked for repayment.

  • He helped the cause of world peace.

  • No way, is this really a debt collection call?

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