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進 = 辶 + 隹

進 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “advance”. It is built from 辶 (road) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 603.

Keyword
advance
RTK frame
603
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すす.む, すす.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
продвижение
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
進 advance

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 辶 road
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 進 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “road” + “short-tailed bird”. 進 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 進 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.