Jisho

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11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
advance, proceed, progress, promote
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 進学 【シンガク】 advancing to the next stage of education, going on to (high school, college, etc.)
  • 進化 【シンカ】 evolution, evolution, becoming more advanced, progress, development, improvement
  • 後進 【コウシン】 one's junior, younger generation, next generation, moving backwards, backing up, reversing
  • 累進 【ルイシン】 successive promotion, gradual progression, rising step by step, increasing progressively (of income tax, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 進む 【すすむ】 to advance, to go forward, to precede, to go ahead (of), to make progress, to improve, to deepen, to heighten, to be fast (of a clock), to be ahead, to do of one's own free will
  • 進むも地獄退くも地獄 【すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく】 between the devil and the deep blue sea, both advancing and retreating are hell
  • 進める 【すすめる】 to advance, to move forward, to put (a clock, watch) forward, to carry forward (plans, work, etc.), to proceed with, to make progress in, to further, to advance, to hasten, to speed up, to raise, to elevate, to promote, to develop, to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)

Readings

Japanese names:
のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • avanzar
  • progresar
  • adelantar
  • ascender

Portuguese

  • avanço
  • continuar
  • progresso
  • promover

French

  • progresser
  • avancer
  • promouvoir
259 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
343 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
326 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
175 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4709 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
194 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
262 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1503 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.14 Japanese for Busy People
437 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
443 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
267 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
702 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3873 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1991 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2689 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
568 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38943P Morohashi
3121 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6073 New Nelson (John Haig)
561 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
603 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
156 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
378 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2475 2001 Kanji
2q8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
3-2-8 SKIP code
3030.1 Four corner code
1-31-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9032 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
tribute, support, finance
Kun:
みつ.ぐ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
956 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貢 【コウ】 tribute
  • 貢献 【コウケン】 contribution (furthering a goal or cause), services (to a cause), paying tribute, tribute
  • 朝貢 【チョウコウ】 bringing tribute
  • 幣貢 【ヘイコウ】 offering, tribute

Kun reading compounds

  • 貢ぐ 【みつぐ】 to support (someone) financially, to finance, to supply (money), to give (in support), to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong4
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • tributo
  • finanzas
  • tributar
  • financiar

Portuguese

  • tributo
  • apoiar
  • financiar

French

  • tribut
  • contribution
  • financer
1257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1572 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1458 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1295 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1777 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1166 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1719 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1836 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1180 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1723 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2838 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1463 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
81 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36665 Morohashi
2281 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5772 New Nelson (John Haig)
81 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
85 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1392 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3161 2001 Kanji
7b3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
1080.6 Four corner code
1-25-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ca2 Unicode hex code