促
促 — Stimulate
stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite
On’yomiソク (soku)
Kun’yomiうながす (unagasu)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 促
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促進 | そくしん sokushin | promotion; acceleration; encouragement |
| 催促 | さいそく saisoku | pressing; urging; demanding |
| 促す | うながす unagasu | to urge; to encourage; to press |
| 促成 | そくせい sokusei | promotion of growth |
| 督促 | とくそく tokusoku | urge; demand; importunity |
| 販促 | はんそく hansoku | sales promotion |
Study notes
促 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #998 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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