Translingual

Han character

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

1. urge, press, hurry
2. close, intimate

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 促
Small seal script s05878
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation

Definitions

促

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: そく (soku)
• Kun: うながす (unagasu), せまる (semaru)

Korean

Hanja

促 • ‎(chok) (hangeul 촉, revised chok, McCune-Reischauer ch'ok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

促 (xúc, thúc)

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References

• Nom Foundation