# 推 infer

(handleft) + (turkey)
★★☆☆☆
11 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

SUI | Judging from how much sugar the recipe calls for, I can infer that it will be SWEET.

## Mnemonic

| Even blindfolded, I can use my hands to infer that you are a turkey -- feeling your wattle especially gives me a weird thrill.

## Jukugo

推測(すいそく) する | speculate. ★☆☆☆☆ NP 推 (infer) + 測 (scientific measurment) = 推測 (speculate.) speculate. Kind of formal: "It's too early to speculate about the economy." "Scientists speculate that..."
推定(すいてい) | estimate ★☆☆☆☆ NP 推 (infer) + 定 (plan) = 推定 (estimate) a guess, an estimate (i.e. estimate the price of a repair)
推理(すいり) | deductive reasoning, inference. ☆☆☆☆☆ 推 (infer) + 理 (reason) = 推理 (deductive reasoning, inference.)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
推 | infer | HAND | 手
唯 | sole or only | MOUTH | 口
稚 | childish | WHEAT |
維 | upkeep | STRING | 糸

Detectives infer the crook's identity based on his HAND-prints.

You got only one MOUTH.

Farmers pick the most childish of WHEAT: the seeds.

STRING helps me keep the turkey in the yard.

## Synonyms

guess 推測する 推理 察する xxx/ 推察 推定 推す 憶測