推 – conjecture, infer, guess

11 strokesTaught in grade 6#507 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 推 means conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.す (osu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
Kun’yomi	お.す	osu

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 扎・隹.

Words using 推

Example sentences

私達は彼を議長に推薦した。

We recommended him as chairman.

Tatoeba #151321

彼の死は事故だとする君の推定は間違っているようだ。

Your assumption that his death was an accident seems to be wrong.

Tatoeba #117178

推定によれば、今年の鉄鋼生産は１億トンに達するだろう。

According to an estimate, steel production will reach 100 million tons this year.

Tatoeba #143846

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃接授摘批捜

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