Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)

    「ねこまっしぐら」というのは、飼い猫がエサに向かってまいしんする様子を表している。
    The phrase "make a bee line for" expresses the look of how a bee heads straight for food with speed and energy.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

go, excel

Kun
ゆ.く
On
マイバイ
Strokes
17
Radical
walk

Built from

Used in names as

すすむ

Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
3-4-13SKIP code
2q12.7The Kanji Dictionary
3430.2Four corner code
9081Unicode hex code
1-78-18JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4740Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6110New Nelson (John Haig)
2970Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2975Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2592Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
39169XMorohashi
mai4Pinyin reading
maeKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

advance, proceed, progress, promote

Kun
すす.むすす.める
On
シン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
142 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

のぶ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-8, 3-2-8SKIP code
2q8.1The Kanji Dictionary
3030.1Four corner code
2475deroo
9032Unicode hex code
1-31-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4709Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6073New Nelson (John Haig)
3121New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3873Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1991Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2689Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
561Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
603Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
175A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1503Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38943PMorohashi
326A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
437Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
443Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259sakade
262Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
343henshall3
378Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
156crowley
267Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.14busy_people
702Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
568Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin4Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level