催

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to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 崔 sound ( cuī )

Components 亻崔

prod · Heisig RSH #2094

人 person + pterodactyl

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
催化作用	cuī huà zuò yòng	catalysis
催生者	cuī shēng zhě	driving force behind sth
长江后浪催前浪	Cháng Jiāng hòu làng cuī qián làng	see 長江後浪推前浪\|长江后浪推前浪[Chang2 Jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4]
催生素	cuī shēng sù	oxytocin
催化剂	cuī huà jì	catalyst
催产素	cuī chǎn sù	oxytocin
三催四请	sān cuī sì qǐng	to coax and plead
催生	cuī shēng	to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor; …
催化	cuī huà	to catalyze (a reaction); catalysis
催泪大片	cuī lèi dà piàn	tear-jerker (movie)
催情	cuī qíng	to promote estrus; to bring an animal to heat by artificial means
催乳激素	cuī rǔ jī sù	prolactin
催泪瓦斯	cuī lèi wǎ sī	tear gas
催产	cuī chǎn	to induce labor; to expedite childbirth
催命	cuī mìng	to press sb to death; fig. to pressurize sb continually
催生婆	cuī shēng pó	midwife who induces labor
催收	cuī shōu	to urge sb to provide sth; (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
催证	cuī zhèng	to call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade)
催肥剂	cuī féi jì	(animal) fattening preparation
催吐剂	cuī tù jì	an emetic

Characters sharing the sound component 崔 — compare how they read.