推

推 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人土 (QOG), four-corner 5001₄, composition ⿰扌隹)

• 嶊 蓷 㔼 𨫻 𫤄 𡙱 𭞓 𤍐 𧤹 𮘱

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12284
• Dae Jaweon: page 790, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1898, character 7
• Unihan data for U+63A8

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰuːl, *tʰjul): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul) – push with the hand.

Middle Chinese distinguishes 推 (MC thwoj, “to push”) and 推 (MC tsrhwij, “to proceed; to promote; to deduce”).

Older Mandarin dictionaries^{[n 1]} give chuī (the Mandarin reflex of 推 (MC tsrhwij)) as a variant reading for all senses, while Cantonese dictionaries^{[n 2]} only assign ceoi1 to the "to deduce" sense (e.g. in 推測 (“to surmise”)). Most modern Sinitic varieties use the reflexes of 推 (MC thwoj) for all meanings, while Sino-Xenic use the reflexes of 推 (MC tsrhwij) (in Korean, however, the reflex of 推 (MC thwoj) is also used in a few words). Some varieties (including certain Hakka, Min, and sometimes Yue dialects) preserve both readings, but not necessarily disambiguate them by meaning.

See also 揣 (MC tsrhjweX|twaX).

“to support”; “oshi”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 推(お)し (oshi).

推

1. to push

   手推車／手推车  ―  shǒutuīchē  ―  pushcart

   推開窗／推开窗  ―  tuī kāi chuāng  ―  to push the windows open

   • 長江後浪推前浪，世上新人趕舊人。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     长江后浪推前浪，世上新人赶旧人。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《增廣賢文》"Enlarged Writings of Worthies"

     Chángjiāng hòulàng tuī qiánlàng, shìshàng xīnrén gǎn jiùrén. [Pinyin]

     On the Yangtze river, the waves behind push the waves before; in this world, the newcomers oust the forerunners.

2. to postpone; to delay

   推遲／推迟  ―  tuīchí  ―  to postpone

3. (figurative) to put aside; to push away; to dismiss; to explain away

   推諉／推诿  ―  tuīwěi  ―  to pass the buck

   推辭／推辞  ―  tuīcí  ―  to decline with an excuse

   推掉聚會、推掉採訪、推掉責任 [MSC, trad.]
   推掉聚会、推掉采访、推掉责任 [MSC, simp.]

   tuīdiào jùhuì, tuīdiào cǎifǎng, tuīdiào zérèn [Pinyin]

   to decline a gathering, to decline interviews, to decline responsibility

4. to prompt; to propel

   推進／推进  ―  tuījìn  ―  to propel; to push forward

   推波助瀾／推波助澜  ―  tuībōzhùlán  ―  "to drive the billowing waves"; to add fuel to fire

5. to promote; to advertise; to advocate

   推廣／推广  ―  tuīguǎng  ―  to promote; to popularize

   推出  ―  tuīchū  ―  to present

   • 雖然，夫子推而行之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     虽然，夫子推而行之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Suīrán, fūzǐ tuī ér xíng zhī. [Pinyin]

     Nevertheless, you advocate the great way and live the way you advocate.

6. to nominate; to recommend

   推薦／推荐  ―  tuījiàn  ―  to recommend

   推選／推选  ―  tuīxuǎn  ―  to nominate

   唐代詩人首推李杜。 [MSC, trad.]
   唐代诗人首推李杜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tángdài shīrén shǒutuī lǐdù. [Pinyin]

   Li Bai and Du Fu are ranked the top among the Tang-era poets.

7. to generalize; to broaden

   推己及人  ―  tuījǐjírén  ―  to put oneself in someone's shoes

8. to infer; to deduce

   推測／推测  ―  tuīcè  ―  to estimate; to infer

   類推／类推  ―  lèituī  ―  to infer by analogy

9. to derive; to reason; to compute

   推導／推导  ―  tuīdǎo  ―  to derive

   推論／推论  ―  tuīlùn  ―  corollary

10. to proceed; to succeed; to form a procession

    推移  ―  tuīyí  ―  to proceed (in time)

11. (Hong Kong, Internet slang) to bump a thread in support; to "push"

    Synonym: push

    Antonyms: 拉, pull

12. (ACG or fandom slang) being a devoted fan of [someone]; to support [someone] (in an idol group; etc.)

    前田敦子推  ―  Qiántián Dūnzǐ tuī  ―  a person supporting Atsuko Maeda

    一生推  ―  yīshēng tuī  ―  to support [someone or a particular group] for life

13. (ACG or fandom slang) oshi; favourite idol

    首推  ―  shǒu tuī  ―  member that someone like most in an idol group

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. conjecture

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}、たい (tai)
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}、たい (tai)
• Kan’yō-on: つい (tsui)^{←つゐ (twi, historical)}
• Kun: おす (osu, 推す, Jōyō)

推 (eumhun 밀 추 (mil chu))

1. to push, shove
2. to shift, transition
3. to recommend, nominate
4. to expand, broaden
5. to infer, speculate
6. to revere, honor
7. plain, without decoration
8. to scold, reproach
9. thriving, vigorous

推 (eumhun 밀 퇴 (mil toe))

1. to push from behind
2. to push forcefully

推 (xoi)

1. Nôm form of xoi (“to send, dispatch”).

• Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

推: Hán Việt readings: suy^[1][2], thôi^[1][2]
推: Nôm readings: chui^[2], dùi^[1], thoi^[2], thòi^[2], thôi^[2], tòi^[2]

1. chữ Hán form of suy (“to push; to infer”)
2. chữ Hán form of thôi
3. chữ Nôm form of chui (“to crawl in; to act secretly”)
4. chữ Nôm form of dùi
5. chữ Nôm form of thoi (“shuttle; to punch”)
6. chữ Nôm form of thòi (“to protrude”)
7. chữ Nôm form of thôi (“stretch of time; to cease; to bleed color; that's it”)
8. chữ Nôm form of tòi (“to stick out”)