• 進学しんがく — advancing to a higher level of education
• 進歩しんぽ — progress; improvement
• 進出しんしゅつ — expansion; advance into (a market, area)
• 前進ぜんしん — forward movement; advance
• 進化しんか — evolution; progress

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進 includes the 辶 (movement) radical and the character 隹 (bird). Together, it paints the image of something moving ahead quickly, like a bird advancing on foot. It’s commonly used to express advancement in stages, like grades or careers.

彼かれは前まえに進すすんだ。
He stepped forward.

日本語にほんごの勉強べんきょうが進すすんでいます。
My Japanese studies are progressing.