The kanji 推: meaning, readings and stroke order

推

Meaning: guess, recommend
On reading: スイ sui
Kun reading: お（す） osu
Strokes: 11
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đoán, tiến cử (suy)
Japanese: おしはかる。ひとをすすめる。
Korean: 짐작하다, 추천하다 (추)
Chinese: 推理、推荐

Readings, words and example sentences

スイ sui · on reading

推すい理り
reasoning, figuring out (a mystery)
推すい理りの小説を読みます。
I read mystery novels.

お（す） osu · kun reading · less common

推おす
to recommend, to put forward
みんながかれを委員に 推おします。
Everyone puts him forward for the committee.

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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.