Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

507 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

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

Kunyomi: お.す

Onyomi: スイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

薦状(すいせんじょう)   letter of recommendation

薦する(すいせんする)   recommend

理する(すいりする)   reason, infer

測する(すいそくする)   guess, make a conjecture

論する(すいろんする)   infer, deduce

定する(すいていする)   presume, assume

進する(すいしんする)   propel, promote, drive forward

察する(すいさつする)   guess, surmise

敲する(すいこうする)   revise, elaborate on, polish

す(おす)   infer, conclude, recommend

Onyomi Examples

スイケイ estimate, estimation

スイイ transition, change, progress, development, shift, passing (of time)

ルイスイ analogy, analogical reasoning, analogical inference, analogy

ジャスイ distrust, unjust suspicion

Kunyomi Examples

おす to recommend, to endorse (e.g. a candidate), to nominate, to support, to back, to infer (from), to deduce, to gather, to conjecture, to surmise, to think (something) through, to ponder deeply