The kanji 推 primarily conveys the idea of "to guess," "to infer," "to deduce," "to presume," or "to recommend." It involves using information or clues to arrive at a conclusion or making a suggestion for something or someone. The core meaning focuses on the action of making a judgment based on available evidence or the act of promoting or endorsing something.

・On-yomi (音読み): スイ (su -i) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): お推す (osu - to push, to recommend), お推し (oshi - recommendation, push)

⚫︎ 推測（すいそく） Translation: Guess; conjecture; speculation. ⚫︎ 推薦（すいせん） Translation: Recommendation; endorsement; to recommend. ⚫︎ 推移（すいい） Translation: Transition; change; to develop.

The kanji 推 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字 - keisei moji). It is composed of the semantic component "扌" (て - te), which is the radical meaning "hand" or "action," and the phonetic component "隹" (すい - sui), which indicates the sound. Originally, the character might have depicted the act of using one's hand (扌) to gently push or move something, hence leading to its sense of "to push." Over time, the meaning evolved to include the idea of "推し量る" おしはかる (oshihakaru - to estimate, to infer), implying the use of one's mind to evaluate or deduce something. This explains its current meaning of "to guess," "to infer," and "to recommend."