捗 means “progress”

ちょく · choku

Also: make progress

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はかどる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チョク, ホ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) beside 步, an older shape of 歩, to walk: work moving forward step by step. 進捗 is progress, the word on every status report and in the dreaded office question 進捗どうですか, and 捗る is when work goes well.

Used in 進捗 (shinchoku, progress), 進捗状況 (shinchoku joukyou, progress status), and 捗る (hakadoru, to make good progress)

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