促

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(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

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

Components 亻足

urge · Heisig RSH #2318

人 person + 足 lower leg

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国民主促进会	Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Cù jìn huì	China Association for Promoting Democracy (one of the non-Communist political parties in C…
中国国际贸易促进委员会	Zhōng guó Guó jì Mào yì Cù jìn Wěi yuán huì	China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
局促不安	jú cù bù ān	ill at ease; uncomfortable
促动	cù dòng	to motivate
力促	lì cù	to urge; to press (for action)
促成	cù chéng	to facilitate; to help bring about
促声	cù shēng	entering tone (synonym of 入聲\|入声[ru4 sheng1])
促进	cù jìn	to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
局促	jú cù	cramped; ill at ease
局促	jú cù	variant of 侷促\|局促[ju2 cu4]
局促	jú cù	variant of 侷促\|局促[ju2 cu4]
短促	duǎn cù	short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice)
促求	cù qiú	to urge
促膝谈心	cù xī tán xīn	(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
急促	jí cù	urgent; hurried and brief; rushing
促织	cù zhī	cricket (insect)
促退	cù tuì	to hinder progress
促销	cù xiāo	to promote sales
促使	cù shǐ	to prompt; to induce; to spur
局促一隅	jú cù yī yú	to be cramped in a corner (idiom)