漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
推: conjecture, infer
Also: guess, suppose, support, push (for)
JLPT N111 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 隹 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
スイsui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 推薦状すいせんじょうletter of recommendation
- 推薦するすいせんするrecommend
- 推理するすいりするreason, infer
- 推測するすいそくするguess, make a conjecture
- 推論するすいろんするinfer, deduce
- 推定するすいていするpresume, assume
- 推進するすいしんするpropel, promote, drive forward
- 推察するすいさつするguess, surmise
- 推敲するすいこうするrevise, elaborate on, polish
おすosu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 推すおすinfer, conclude, recommend
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand, as 扌 (meaning) + 隹 (sound)
Push with the hand.
Source: Wiktionary, 推 (rev. 93318283), CC BY-SA 4.0
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
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
推 takes the 隹 family's reading, スイ (sui).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side推 conjecture · 扌
vs堆 piled high · 土In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tuī
Same form: 推 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 推 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 推 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tuī 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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