進む
すすむ · susumu · JLPT N4 · verb-godan
to proceed
🚶 susumu: Sue, Sue, MOVE! — said to push someone forward
The kanji 進 = 辶 (walk/movement radical) + 隹 (short-tailed bird): a bird can only walk forward, never backward, so the character means advance. The repeated su-su echoes step after step; -mu is the verb ending.