進 – advance, proceed, progress

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#142 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 進 means advance, proceed, progress, promote. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すす.む、すす.める (susumu, susumeru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	すす.む	susumu
Kun’yomi	すす.める	susumeru

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: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 込・隹.

Words using 進

進むすすむto advance (spatially)進学しんがくadvancing to the next stage of education進歩しんぽprogress前進ぜんしんadvance進行しんこうmoving forward (e.g. of a vehicle)進めるすすめるto advance行進こうしんmarch昇進しょうしんpromotion進化しんかevolution進出しんしゅつadvance (into a new market, industry, etc.)進呈しんていpresentation (e.g. of a gift)進展しんてんprogress推進すいしんpropulsion進みすすみprogress増進ぞうしんpromoting促進そくしんpromotion進度しんどprogress

Example sentences

彼は人混みをかき分けて進んだ。

He made his way through the crowd.

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彼は１歩前へ進んだ。

He took a step forward.

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船は目的地に向かって進んだ。

The ship proceeded to her destination.

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Kanji with the same radical

連選通近道運過送違述追退辺造達週

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