促 – stimulate, urge, press

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#998 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 促 means stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソク (soku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うなが.す (unagasu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソク	soku
Kun’yomi	うなが.す	unagasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・口・足・止.

Words using 促

催促さいそくpressing促すうながすto urge促進そくしんpromotion

Example sentences

催促がましくて恐縮ですが、先日お貸ししたお金を返していただけませんか。

I'm afraid this sounds like a demand, but could you return the money I lent you the other day?

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彼は彼女に注意して運転するようにと促した。

He urged her to drive carefully.

Tatoeba #100977

この曲は眠りを促してくれます。

This music helps me to fall asleep.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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