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Kanji 推: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 推: conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for)

Key takeaways

Kanji 推: conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for). Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

conjectureinferguesssupposesupportpush (for)

On reading

スイ

Kun reading

お.す

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 推

conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for)

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

扌 + 隹

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine using your hand (扌) to push a bird (隹) forward. This represents physically pushing something ahead like 'propelling' or pushing a line of thought to reach a 'conjecture' or inference.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

スイ
  • 推進すいしん

    propulsion / driving force / promotion

  • 推測すいそく

    guess / conjecture / estimate

  • 推理すいり

    reasoning / inference / mystery genre

  • 類推るいすい

    analogy / inference / reasoning

  • 推定すいてい

    estimation / assumption / presumption

  • 推薦すいせん

    recommendation / endorsement

Commonly used words

  • 推進
    すいしん

    propulsion / driving force / promotion

  • 推測
    すいそく

    guess / conjecture / estimate

  • 推理
    すいり

    reasoning / inference / mystery genre

  • 類推
    るいすい

    analogy / inference / reasoning

  • 推定
    すいてい

    estimation / assumption / presumption

  • 推薦
    すいせん

    recommendation / endorsement

Example sentences

Example 1

新しい政策の進が必要です。

Translation

The promotion of new policies is necessary.

Example 2

エンジンの進力が強いです。

Translation

The engine's propulsive force is strong.

Example 3

彼の気持ちを測するのは難しい。

Translation

It's hard to guess his feelings.

Example 4

結果を測して計画を立てた。

Translation

I made a plan based on an estimate of the results.

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