促

促 U+4FC3, 促 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC3 ← 係 [U+4FC2] CJK Unified Ideographs 俄 → [U+4FC4]

促 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜人 (ORYO), four-corner 2628₁, composition ⿰亻足)

• 𮚼

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 664
• Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 161, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FC3

simp. and trad.		促

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰoɡ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 足 (OC *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ).

促

1. short; hurried; urgent (of time)
2. to come close to; to become near

   促膝  ―  cùxī  ―  to sit knee to knee

3. to urge; to promote
4. (Hokkien) to shorten the distance
5. (Mainland China Hokkien) to limply tie a knot

• → Vietnamese: thúc

For pronunciation and definitions of 促 – see 齪 (“cautious; careful; meticulous; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 齪).

For pronunciation and definitions of 促 – see 蹙 (“to knit; to approach; to close in on; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蹙).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

(Jōyō kanji)

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• Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: うながす (unagasu, 促す, Jōyō)、せまる (semaru, 促る)

Kanji in this term
促
そく Grade: S
goon

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• IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟]

促(そく) • (soku) 

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促 (eum 촉 (chok))

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促: Hán Nôm readings: xúc, thúc

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