促進 （ソクシン） promotion, acceleration, encouragement, facilitation, spurring on
促成 （ソクセイ） promotion of growth
督促 （トクソク） urge, demand, importunity
矢の催促 （ヤノサイソク） strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)
Kunyomi Examples
促す （うながす） to urge, to encourage, to press, to prompt, to draw (attention to), to stimulate (e.g. growth), to hasten (e.g. development), to quicken, to accelerate, to promote
Kanji
Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
998 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite
Kunyomi: うなが.す
Onyomi: ソク
Composition: 亻 足
促
Radical
Radical: 人
Meaning: man, human
人
Examples
Onyomi Examples
促進 （ソクシン） promotion, acceleration, encouragement, facilitation, spurring on
促成 （ソクセイ） promotion of growth
督促 （トクソク） urge, demand, importunity
矢の催促 （ヤノサイソク） strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)
Kunyomi Examples
促す （うながす） to urge, to encourage, to press, to prompt, to draw (attention to), to stimulate (e.g. growth), to hasten (e.g. development), to quicken, to accelerate, to promote