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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 促

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
促 cù - (bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid
- (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge
- (literary) close by; pressed against

List Ranking for: 促

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 23,955 5,633 6,770

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 亻 足

Radical:

亻

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Someone 亻 on your heels 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 促

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
促使 5 5 10,377 4,676 13,417
促进 5 5 12,022 814 2,767
促成 - 7 12,329 10,803 21,004
仓促 6 7 12,366 18,445 18,779
促销 - 5 12,904 3,982 2,842
催促 - 7 19,334 15,799 20,657
急促 - 7 21,905 16,826 26,674
督促 6 7 22,868 8,071 16,533
促 - - 23,955 5,633 6,770
短促 6 - 29,441 38,581 34,377
敦促 - 7 32,691 14,842 29,007
局促 - - 33,301 39,506 48,276
局促不安 - - 38,941 80,802 82,807
促膝谈心 - - 42,787 67,066 87,240
促膝 - - 48,437 62,342 38,031
促请 - - 72,282 81,192 121,620
力促 - - 72,792 44,612 60,623