促

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“man”) (form of 人) + phonetic 足. For stroke order, see 足.

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

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

促 (Yale chuk1)

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Japanese

Kanji

促 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

促 (pinyin cù (cu4), Wade-Giles ts'u⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

促 (xúc, thúc)

References

• Nom Foundation