促 — kanji meaning “stimulate”
促
stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite
- Meanings
- stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite
- On'yomi
- ソク (soku)
- Kun'yomi
- うなが.す
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #998 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- cù — Chinese character page
Words with 促
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促進 | そくしん sokushin | promotion; acceleration; encouragement |
| 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 |
| 促音 | そくおん sokuon | geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese) |
| 催促状 | さいそくじょう saisokujou | dun; letter requesting money, etc. |
| 促進剤 | そくしんざい sokushinzai | accelerant; stimulant |
| 促成栽培 | そくせいさいばい sokuseisaibai | forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.); artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.) |
| 居催促 | いざいそく izaisoku | refusal to leave |
| 販売促進 | はんばいそくしん hanbaisokushin | sales promotion |
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