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Keyword
urge
  • stimulate
  • press
  • demand
  • incite
Frequency
#998
Strokes
9
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1373
Readings
ソク83%
うなが17%
Mnemonic
A thin person with a foot out the door taps his watch and tries to urge you to hurry along.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
促そく進しん
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
Noun
促うながす
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
Godan verb
販はん促そく
sales promotion
Noun
催さい促そく
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
Noun
促そく成せい
promotion of growth
Noun
督とく促そく
urge; demand; importunity
Noun
促そく音おん
geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)
Noun