Mnemonic
A strange bird lands on your windowsill. You slowly extend your hand, pushing it forward to coax the bird closer. What species is it? You can only conjecture, studying its odd plumage and making your best guess as your hand inches toward the mysterious creature.
Additional thoughts
The pushing motion of the hand mirrors the kanji's core sense of pushing forward with reasoning. A bird you can't identify is a perfect object of conjecture—you deduce from clues (plumage, size) without certainty.Quick recall
A hand pushes toward an unknown bird, trying to conjecture its species.Details
The keyword for 推 is conjecture. This kanji conveys the idea of pushing forward with one's reasoning, making an inference or guess based on available evidence rather than certain knowledge. It carries the sense of estimating, supposing, or deducing something that is not directly known. By extension, it also relates to the act of recommending or nominating someone, as if "pushing" them forward for consideration.
- On'yomi
- すい
- Kun'yomi
- お.す