The kanji 催: meaning, readings and stroke order

催

Meaning: hold (an event), urge
On reading: サイ sai
Kun reading: もよお（す） moyoosu
Strokes: 13
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tổ chức, thúc giục (thôi)
Japanese: もよおす。せきたてる。
Korean: 열다, 재촉하다 (최)
Chinese: 举办、催促

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading

開かい催さい
holding (an event)
来月大会を 開かい催さいします。
The competition will be held next month.

もよお（す） moyoosu · kun reading · less common

催もよおす
to hold (an event)
町で祭りを 催もよおします。
The town holds a festival.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.