The kanji 進: meaning, readings and stroke order
進
- Meaning
- go forward
- On reading
- シン shin
- Kun reading
- すす(む) susumu、すす(める) susumeru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 辵 walk
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tiến lên (tiến)
- Japanese
- まえへ すすむ。
- Korean
- 나아가다 (진)
- Chinese
- 前进 (进)
Readings, words and example sentences
シン shin · on reading
進化
evolution
生物の 進化を 学びます。
We learn how living things changed over time.
すす(む) susumu · kun reading
進む
to go forward
みんなで 前へ 進みます。
We all go forward together.
すす(める) susumeru · kun reading
進める
to move (something) forward
話を 先へ 進めます。
We move on to the next part of the talk.
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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.