促 — Chinese character
促
cù
to urge, to rush, to hurry; hasty; near, close
- Pinyin
- cù
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亻 足
- Formation
- ideographic — Someone 亻 on your heels 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 促 as a kanji
Common words with 促
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to prompt; to induce; to spur |
| 促成 | cù chéng | to facilitate; to help bring about |
| 促销 (促銷) | cù xiāo | to promote sales |
| 敦促 | dūn cù | to press; to urge |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on |
| 仓促 (倉促) | cāng cù | all of a sudden; hurriedly |
| 催促 | cuī cù | to urge |
| 急促 | jí cù | urgent; hurried and brief |
| 促请 (促請) | cù qǐng | to urge |
| 力促 | lì cù | to urge; to press (for action) |
| 局促 (侷促) | jú cù | cramped; ill at ease |
English words written with 促
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.