Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

捗: make progress

N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 歩 is drawn in

10 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

チョクchoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 進捗しんちょくprogress; advance; making (good) progress
  • 進捗状況しんちょくじょうきょうstate of progress

はかどるhakadoru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 捗るはかどるto make (good) progress

Also read ホ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read チョク

2 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
捗 make progress · 扌
vs渉 ford · 氵
捗 has 扌 where 渉 has 氵.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · bù

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin bù 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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