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促 = 亻 + 足

促 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stimulate”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 足 (leg). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1373.

Keyword
stimulate
RTK frame
1373
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うなが.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стимулировать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
促 urge

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 足 leg

How to find 促 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “leg”. 促 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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