to push; to push forward; to carry out; to promote; to infer; to deduce; to postpone; to put off; to recommend; to elect
推 uses the hand side with 隹: to push and to move forward — 推动, 推荐, 推迟, 推理.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 形声，左形右声 — the hand side on the left, the bird piece 隹 as the sound side.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to push; to push forward; to carry out; to promote; to infer; to deduce; to postpone; to put off; to recommend; to elect
推 uses the hand side with 隹: to push and to move forward — 推动, 推荐, 推迟, 推理.
ZDIC: 形声，左形右声 — the hand side on the left, the bird piece 隹 as the sound side.
LEFT: THE HAND SIDE — PUSHING BY HAND
hand (from 手)
The left-side hand form; not a standalone page.
In 推: left: the hand side — pushing by hand Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
RIGHT: THE SOUND SIDE 隹 (ZHUĪ)
short-tailed bird (in dictionaries)
Mostly a right-side piece; kept separate from the unclaimed role in 难.
In 推: right: the sound side 隹 (zhuī) tuī shares the final -ui and tone 1 with zhuī; the initials (t-/zh-) differ.
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