推

tuī

push, expel; infer; recommend; postpone.

Meaning

  • Physical: To push, shove, or displace; to expel or drive out.
  • Cognitive/Logical: Deduction, extrapolation, or conjecture (the act of pushing a premise forward toward a conclusion).
  • Social/Administrative: Recommending or sponsoring someone for honor; declining an offer or shirking responsibility.
  • Temporal: Postponement or delay of scheduled events.

Grammar and usage

Typically transitive. The specific sense is generally determined by the object being acted upon (physical, conceptual, or temporal).

Distinctions

In social and administrative contexts, the glyph can operate in opposite directions: it may describe pushing someone forward into view/honor (promotion) or pushing a responsibility, request, or blame away from oneself (avoidance).

Translator notes

  • Directionality: The glyph does not inherently specify whether the "push" is toward a goal or away from the self; the translator must determine the vector based on the object.
  • Nuance of Force: Generally implies controlled movement or displacement rather than an act of violent striking or sudden force.

Decontextualized translator aid. This page describes plausible lexical range; it does not choose what the glyph means in a particular passage.