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促

JLPT N1 9 strokes Frequency: #998

Meanings

Stimulate, Urge, Press, Demand, Incite

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻足

Etymology

Ideographic: Someone 亻 on your heels 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 corner right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 horizontal left-to-right

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソク soku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うなが unaga

Words Using This Kanji

35 words total

Other (20 words)

pressing

dun

accelerant

geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)

promotion

promotion of growth

to urge

forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.)

督促とくそく

urge

勤労者財産形成促進きんろうしゃざいさんけいせいそくしん

(workers) asset formation

sales promotion

refusal to leave

sales promotion

demand note

to call a person's attention (to)

赤血球生成促進因子せっけっきゅうせいせいそくしんいんし

erythropoietin

促音便そくおんびん

nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')

促迫そくはく

growing urgent

入力促進にゅうりょくそくしん

prompt

陣痛促進剤じんつうそくしんざい

labor-inducing drugs

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