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On'yomi
スイ
SUI
Kun'yomi
お.す
osu

conjecture · infer · guess · suppose · support · push (for)

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Strokes11
Frequency#507
Radicalhand(4)

Stroke Order

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Strokes11

Component Breakdown

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hand + 隹

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of hand and bird. Pushing bird with hand.

Symbolism

Guess, promote, recommend. Represents pushing.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

月下推敲

げっかすいこう

polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; polish

Proverbs & Idioms

推して知るべし

おしてしるべし

It goes without saying

Obvious if you think about it