What is the Kanji for "Urge" and "Press"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Urge" and "Press", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Urge" and "Press" is "促".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Unaga".

Its onyomi reading is "Soku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "亻" means "Person" . And The kanji "足" means "Foot" and "Sufficient" and can be read as "Soku", "Ashi", and "Ta".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "促" mean in japanese?

"促" means "Urge" and "Press".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

促す: "Urge" or "Prompt". The Japanese verb '促す (うながす)' means 'to urge' or 'to prompt'. It is used to express the act of encouraging or motivating someone to take action or do something. This verb can be used in a variety of contexts, such as in a work setting to urge a coworker to complete a task, or in a personal setting to prompt a friend to make an important decision. For example: I urged him to apply for the job - (私は彼に仕事に応募するように促しました). The teacher prompted the students to begin the assignment - (先生は生徒たちに課題を始めるように促した).

促進: "Promotion". The Japanese noun '促進 (そくしん)' means 'promotion'. This word refers to the act of furthering or advancing something, such as a cause, process, or movement. It can also mean the encouragement or stimulation of growth or development. For example: The new marketing campaign promoted sales - (新しい販売促進活動が売上を促進した). The government is promoting economic growth - (政府は経済成長を促進している).

催促: "Urge". The verbal noun '催促 (さいそく)' means 'to urge'. It refers to persistently pressuring or reminding someone to do something. This can be done in a polite or firm manner depending on the context. For example: I will urge him to finish the work on time - (期限に間に合うよう彼を催促するつもりです). Please urge the client to make the payment - (クライアントに支払いを催促してください).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "そ" is read as "so". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "な" is read as "na". And The hiragana "が" is read as "ga".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.