進 — kanji meaning “advance”
進
advance, proceed, progress, promote
- Meanings
- advance, proceed, progress, promote
- On'yomi
- シン (shin)
- Kun'yomi
- すす.む、すす.める
- Name readings
- のぶ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #142 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- jìn — Chinese character page
Words with 進
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 進化 | しんか shinka | evolution |
| 促進 | そくしん sokushin | promotion; acceleration; encouragement |
| 進歩 | しんぽ shinpo | progress; advance; improvement |
| 進学 | しんがく shingaku | advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.) |
| 進路 | しんろ shinro | route; course; path |
| 前進 | ぜんしん zenshin | advance; moving forward; progress |
| 昇進 | しょうしん shoushin | promotion; advancement; rising in rank |
| 進む | すすむ susumu | to advance (spatially); to go forward; to move forward |
| 行進 | こうしん koushin | march; parade |
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