進
進 — jin
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 나아갈 진
- Romanization
- jin
- English
- advance, make progress, enter
- Mandarin
- jìn
- Japanese on'yomi
- シン, ジン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- すす.む すす.める
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #142 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 辵 (162, 8 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 隹
- Unicode
- U+9032
Parts that make up 進
- 隹 새 추sound 꽁지 짧은 새새. 鳥 와 갈라 쓰나 뜻은 같다
- ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임
How 進 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 進 as a ideographic compound involving 辵, 隹.
Korean example words with 進
- 직진直進 Korean gloss: 곧게 나아감
- 진경進境 Korean gloss: 진보한 경지
- 전진前進 Korean gloss: 앞으로 나아감
- 진출進出 Korean gloss: 앞으로 나아감
- 남진南進 Korean gloss: 남쪽으로 나아감
- 진공進貢 Korean gloss: 공물을 갖다 바침
- 진로進路 Korean gloss: 앞으로 나아갈 길
- 진운進運 Korean gloss: 진보할 기세나 기운
- 진취進就 Korean gloss: 일을 차차 이루어 감
- 북진北進 Korean gloss: 북쪽으로 진출하거나 진격함
- 진도進度 Korean gloss: 일이 진행되는 속도나 정도
- 추진推進 Korean gloss: 목표를 향하여 밀고 나아감
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 進
- 推進すいしん propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.)
- 進出しんしゅつ advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into)
- 先進国せんしんこく developed country; advanced country
- 促進そくしん promotion; acceleration; encouragement
- 進展しんてん progress; development
- 先進せんしん advanced; developed; seniority
- 進学しんがく advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
- 進路しんろ route; course; path
- 前進ぜんしん advance; moving forward; progress
- 昇進しょうしん promotion; advancement; rising in rank
- 進行しんこう moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.)
- 進歩しんぽ progress; advance; improvement
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 “진”
Other hanja with radical 辵
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences