Hanja Analyzer
推

推 — chu, toe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
밀 추, 밀 퇴
Romanization
chu, toe
English
push, expel; push forward
Mandarin
tuī
Japanese on'yomi
スイ, タイ, テ, ズイ, ツイ
Japanese kun'yomi
お.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#507 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
隹
Unicode
U+63A8

Parts that make up 推

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 隹 새 추sound 꽁지 짧은 새새. 鳥 와 갈라 쓰나 뜻은 같다

How 推 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 推 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 隹.

Korean example words with 推

  • 추대推戴 Korean gloss: 윗사람으로 떠받듦
  • 추진推進 Korean gloss: 목표를 향하여 밀고 나아감
  • 추계推計 Korean gloss: 일부를 가지고 전체를 미루어 계산함
  • 추산推算 Korean gloss: 짐작으로 미루어 셈함. 또는 그런 셈
  • 퇴고推敲 Korean gloss: 글을 지을 때 여러 번 생각하여 고치고 다듬음. 또는 그런 일. 당나라의 시인 가도(賈島)가 ‘僧推月下門’이란 시구를 지을 때
  • 추달하다推撻 Korean gloss: 매로 때리다
  • 추단되다推斷 Korean gloss: 미루어 판단되다
  • 천추하다遷推 Korean gloss: 미적미적 미루어 가다
  • 추문하다推問 Korean gloss: 죄상을 추궁하여 심문하다
  • 추앙되다推仰 Korean gloss: 높이 받들어져 우러러보이다
  • 추천하다推薦 Korean gloss: 어떤 조건에 적합한 대상을 책임지고 소개하다
  • 추리력推理力 Korean gloss: 추리하는 힘

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 推

  • 推進すいしん propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.)
  • 推薦すいせん recommendation; referral; endorsement
  • 推定すいてい presumption; assumption; estimation
  • 推移すいい transition; change; progress
  • 推計すいけい estimate; estimation
  • 推理すいり reasoning; inference; deduction
  • 推測すいそく guess; conjecture
  • 推奨すいしょう recommendation; endorsement
  • 推すおす to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to nominate
  • 推理小説すいりしょうせつ mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
  • 推力すいりょく thrust; driving force; propulsion
  • 推し量るおしはかる to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

Characters sharing the phonetic 隹

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “추”

Other hanja with radical 手

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences