make progress
On'yomi (音読み)
- チョク
- ホ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- はかど.る
About this kanji
The kanji 捗 (はかど) primarily means "to make progress". It's commonly used as a verb, especially in the form 捗る (はかどる), which means "to make (good) progress". You might also encounter it in the noun 進捗 (しんちょく), meaning "progress", and the adjective 捗々しい (はかばかしい), which describes something that happens quickly. Another useful compound is 進捗状況 (しんちょくじょうきょう), meaning "state of progress". A quick usage note: you can use 捗る to talk about how well a project is going, so it’s great for discussions about work or studies.
Example sentences
彼の進捗は非常に早い。
His progress is very fast.
Meanings across languages
- English
- make progress
- Tiếng Việt
- tiến triển
- 日本語
- 捗る
- 한국어
- 진척하다
- 中文
- 进展
- id
- kemajuan
- th
- มีความก้าวหน้า
- es
- hacer progreso
- fr
- faire des progrès
- de
- Fortschritt machen
- pt
- fazer progresso
Common compounds
- 捗るはかどるto make (good) progress, to move right ahead (with the work), to advance
- 進捗しんちょくprogress, advance, making (good) progress
- 捗々しいはかばかしいquick, rapid, swift
- 進捗状況しんちょくじょうきょうstate of progress
- 進捗報告しんちょくほうこくprogress report, status report
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