促 — stimulate, urge, press

うながす促 stimulate

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+4FC3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #998 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1373 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

stimulate
urge
press
demand
incite

word

うなが unaga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

促(うなが) す unagasu to urge

そく soku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

促(そく) 進(しん) sokushin promotion 販(はん) 促(そく) hansoku sales promotion

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

あし足 foot #157

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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