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催

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Verbs with «催»

開催する主催する催す
  1. to hold (an event)
  2. to give (a dinner, party, etc.)
  3. to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.)
  4. to show signs of

Popular Usage

催促開催

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · mountain (山) · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1062

Compound words

彼は大々的にパーティーを催した。
He gave a party on a large scale.tatoeba
彼は主催者にパーティーがたいへん楽しかったとお礼を言った。
He thanked his host for a most enjoyable party.tatoeba
菱屋は番頭を屯所へやって催促するが芹沢は払おうとしない。
Hishiya sent his clerk to the headquarters but Serizawa would not make his payment.wiki
そこで菱屋は女ならばあたりも柔らかろうとお梅を催促へやった。
Therefore, Hishiya sent Oume to ask for the payment, thinking that a woman might solicit a softer response.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

この芸能人、ほんとに催眠術にかかってるのかなあ
このげいのうじん、ほんとにさいみんじゅつにかかってるのかなあIs this celebrity really under hypnosis?
クリスマスイベントを開催いたします
くりすますいべんとをかいさいいたしますWe will hold a Christmas event.
今日は体育祭です。曇りなので予定通り開催します。
きょうはたいいくさいです。くもりなのでよていどおりかいさいします。Today is sports day. Since it's cloudy, we will proceed as scheduled.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Host; urge. 亻 (person) + 崔 (a high mountain) — an organiser calling people together. 開催 — holding (an event).

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 催

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