Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) 催 Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 114, Entry 09 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui) all state the pronunciation is cui. It means to urge or to compel. It was originally written as the character meaning to hasten (qu). In ancient times, only the character meaning to hasten existed, and the character for urge did not; the term for urging was added by later generations. The character for urge and the character meaning to hasten share the same pronunciation and are effectively the same word.