Japanese symbol for “facilitation”
促進
そくしん
Romaji: sokushin
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation
In Japanese, facilitation is 促進, read そくしん (sokushin).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n, vs promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “facilitation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 円滑化 | えんかつか enkatsuka | facilitation; smoothing; streamlining |
| ファシリテーション | ファシリテーション fashiriteeshon | facilitation (of a meeting) |
| 易化 | いか ika | simplification; facilitation; becoming easy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促す | うながす unagasu | to urge; to encourage; to press |
| 催促 | さいそく saisoku | pressing; urging; demanding |
| 督促 | とくそく tokusoku | urge; demand; importunity |
| 販促 | はんそく hansoku | sales promotion |
| 促成 | そくせい sokusei | promotion of growth |
| 推進 | すいしん suishin | propulsion; drive |
| 進行 | しんこう shinkou | moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement |
| 進出 | しんしゅつ shinshutsu | advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.