催 — Chinese character
催
cuī
to press, to urge
- Pinyin
- cuī
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 亻 崔
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 崔
- Japanese
- 催 as a kanji
Common words with 催
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 催眠 | cuī mián | to lull to sleep; to hypnotize |
| 催化剂 (催化劑) | cuī huà jì | catalyst |
| 催化 | cuī huà | to catalyze (a reaction); catalysis |
| 催生 | cuī shēng | to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor |
| 催促 | cuī cù | to urge |
| 催泪弹 (催淚彈) | cuī lèi dàn | tear bomb; tear-gas grenade |
| 催泪 (催淚) | cuī lèi | to move to tears (of a story); tear-provoking (gas) |
| 催情 | cuī qíng | to promote estrus; to bring an animal to heat by artificial means |
| 催泪瓦斯 (催淚瓦斯) | cuī lèi wǎ sī | tear gas |
| 催眠术 (催眠術) | cuī mián shù | hypnotism; hypnotherapy |
| 催收 | cuī shōu | to urge sb to provide sth; (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection |
| 催逼 | cuī bī | to press (for a payment) |
English words written with 催
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.