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推

conjecture
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingスイ
Kun readingお.す
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. conjectureRtK
  2. deduce
  3. infer
  4. recommend
    彼は私にこの辞書を推薦してくれた。He recommended this dictionary to me.tatoeba
  1. to recommend
  2. to endorse (e.g. a candidate)
  3. to nominate
  4. to support
  5. to back

Popular Usage

推薦推定

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 716

Compound words

推薦すいせん
recommendation; referral; endorsement
推定すいてい
presumption; assumption; estimation
推進するすいしんする
to push forward; to drive
推すおす
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to nominate; to support; to back
推移すいい
transition; change; progress; development; shift
推計すいけい
estimate; estimation
推奨すいしょう
recommendation; endorsement
推進すいしん
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
推測すいそく
guess; conjecture
推理すいり
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
推量すいりょう
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
推論すいろん
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
推敲すいこう
polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement
類推るいすい
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
推理小説すいりしょうせつ
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
推奨環境すいしょうかんきょう
system requirements (i.e. recommended hardware and software to run a package)
邪推じゃすい
distrust
推鞠すいきく
investigating (e.g. a criminal)
推挙すいきょ
recommendation (of a person for a position)
推察すいさつ
guess
推戴すいたい
(being) presided over by
推拿すいな
tui na (Chinese massage)
推鞫すいきく
investigating (e.g. a criminal)
推輓すいばん
recommendation (of someone for a position)

On Reading Examples

あなたは推理が当たった。すいり
You guessed right.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は推理小説を読んで楽しんだ。
He amused himself by reading a detective story.tatoeba
彼は推理小説を時々読む。
He reads detective stories on occasion.tatoeba
彼は自分のプランを強硬に推し進めた。
He pushed his plan strongly.tatoeba
指定校制推薦入学
Recommendation entrance examination (designated schools)wiki
公募制推薦入試A方式、B方式
Public application recommendation entrance examination (methods A and B)wiki
推定石高は6万石。
The estimated kokudaka (crop yield) of the estate was 60,000 koku (approximately 10,823 cubic meters of crop yield).wiki
建造：推定1601年
Constructed around 1601wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 推

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