Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

促: stimulate, urge

Also: press, demand, incite

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 足 gives the sound

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ソクsoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 促進そくしんpromotion; acceleration; encouragement
  • 催促さいそくpressing; urging; demanding
  • 督促とくそくurge; demand; importunity
  • 促成そくせいpromotion of growth
  • 販促はんそくsales promotion

うながすunagasu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 促すうながすto urge; to encourage; to press

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

All 103
足

Also built on foot (足)

All 11

促 takes the 足 family's reading, ソク (soku).

Also read ソク

13 kanji share this on'yomiAll 13

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
促 stimulate · 亻
vs捉 catch · 扌
促 has 亻 where 捉 has 扌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cù

Same form: 促 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
促 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
促 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin cù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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