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促

stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソク

Kun'yomi

  • うなが.す

Meaning

促 centers on applying pressure to move someone or something forward: urging, stimulating, pressing, demanding, or inciting action.

Most common words using 促

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  • 促進そくしん
    N1

    promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

  • 促すうながす
    N1

    to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to)

  • 販促はんそく

    sales promotion

  • 催促さいそく
    N2

    pressing; urging; demanding; demand

  • 督促とくそく
    N1

    urge; demand; importunity

  • 促成そくせい
    N1

    promotion of growth

  • 促成栽培そくせいさいばい

    forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.); artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)

  • 促迫そくはく

    growing urgent; becoming distressful

  • 促進剤そくしんざい

    accelerant; stimulant

  • 促進率そくしんりつ

    acceleration ratio

  • 促進薬そくしんやく

    accelerating agent; stimulating agent; accelerant

  • 促音そくおん

    geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)

  • 促音便そくおんびん

    nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')

  • 催促状さいそくじょう

    dun; letter requesting money, etc.

  • 入力促進にゅうりょくそくしん

    prompt

  • 勤労者財産形成促進きんろうしゃざいさんけいせいそくしん

    (workers) asset formation

  • 国際教育交流促進協会こくさいきょういくこうりゅうそくしんきょうかい

    Association of International Educational Exchange; AiEE

  • 居催促いざいそく

    refusal to leave

  • 急性呼吸促迫症候群きゅうせいこきゅうそくはくしょうこうぐん

    acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS

  • 成長促進せいちょうそくしん

    growth promotant

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Etymology

促 combines 亻 (person) with 足 (foot/leg), suggesting a person urging another forward, possibly by pressing from behind.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 using their foot 足 to nudge someone along: urging, pressing, or stimulating them to move.

Reading mnemonic

For ソク, imagine a sock puppet urging you to hurry: sock -> ソク, and the puppet presses you to act.