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Kanji Detail for 進 - "to advance"

進

  • Meaning

    進 means "to advance." Also associated with to offer.

    1. Advance - To move forward; to progress.

    2. Promote - To raise in rank.

    3. Offer - To present respectfully.

  • Words using 進

    • 推進 すいしん Listen propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.)
    • 進出 しんしゅつ Listen advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into)
    • 先進国 せんしんこく Listen developed country; advanced country
    • 促進 そくしん Listen promotion; acceleration; encouragement
    • 進展 しんてん Listen progress; development
    • 先進 せんしん Listen advanced; developed; seniority
    • 前進 ぜんしん Listen advance; moving forward; progress
    • 進学 しんがく Listen advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)

  • Four-character idioms with 進

    • 一進一退 いっしんいったい Listen now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing
    • 出処進退 しゅっしょしんたい Listen staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
    • 日進月歩 にっしんげっぽ Listen steady progress; rapid advance
    • 刻苦精進 こっくしょうじん Listen being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
    • 勇往邁進 ゆうおうまいしん Listen dash and go; pushing forward
    • 勇猛精進 ゆうみょうしょうじん Listen engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit

  • Tattoo check: 進

    • Verified meaning: to advance
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しん, しんじ, すすむ, すずむ)
    • Also carries these associations: to offer

    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.

  • Name readings of 進

    Given names 進(しん)Listen 進(すすむ)Listen

    Surnames 進(しんじ)Listen 進(すずむ)Listen 進(ちん)Listen 進(ともこ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    advance; proceed; progress; promote

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    advance, make progress, enter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter

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

    The opposite of 退 (retreat). Moving up or forward from one's current position is called 進. | To bring closer. Such as saying 進退人材 (promote and demote talents). | Presenting to superiors is called 進. Such as 進貢 (pay tribute), 進表 (submit a memorial). Therefore income is also called 進項 (revenue). Such as gambling stakes are called 博進 (gambling income). Appears in "Book of Han." | Same as generation. 告進 means addressing predecessors as 先達 (senior figures). | Commonly, the front and back divisions of a house are called 進.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    susu.meru(すす-める) すす-める

    susu.mu(すす-む) すす-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    to advance to offer promote ascend fulfill gift serve progress proceed develop evolve flourish forge ahead forward grow headway improve march move present prosper raise succeed thrive upgrade

Sentences including 進

  • Are we losing a day on the way to america?

  • He is ahead of us in mathematics.

  • They are willing to help us out.

  • I made my way through the crowd.

  • She helped her mother of her own accord.

  • The team will go ahead with the plan soon.

  • He slowly moved forward.

  • The ship made for the shore.

  • It's great that you got the promotion.

  • Everything is on schedule.

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