促
demand, incite, press, stimulate, urge
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
Loading stroke data...
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:9
JLPT:1
Frequency:998
Vocabulary
ソク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 催促 | サイソク | pressing; urging; demanding; demand |
| 促進 | ソクシン | promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on |
| 促成 | ソクセイ | promotion of growth |
| 督促 | トクソク | urge; demand; importunity |
| 販促 | ハンソク | sales promotion |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促す | うながす | to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to); to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken; to accelerate; to promote |
| 偓促 | あくせく | busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things) |
| 偓促 | あくさく | busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things) |
| 居催促 | いざいそく | refusal to leave |
| 注意を促す | ちゅういをうながす | to call a person's attention (to) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
足
be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear, foot, leg
Grade 1JLPT 4
保
guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain
Grade 5JLPT 1
使
ambassador, cause, envoy, messenger, order, send on a mission, use
Grade 3JLPT 4
徒
emptiness, ephemeral thing, futility, gang, junior, on foot, party, people, set, uselessness, vanity
Grade 4JLPT 3
従
accompany, comply, follow, incidental, obey, secondary, submit to, subordinate
Grade 6JLPT 1
哀
grief, pathetic, pathos, pity, sorrow, sympathize
Grade 8JLPT 1
仲
go-between, relationship
Grade 4JLPT 2
故
cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore
Grade 5JLPT 1
架
construct, erect, frame, mount, shelf, support
Grade 8JLPT 1
束
bundle, control, govern, manage, ream, sheaf, tie in bundles
Grade 4JLPT 3