Hanja Analyzer
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

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