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quick
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingソク
Kun readingはや.い、はや-、はや.める、すみ.やか
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. quickRtK
    彼は歩くのが速い。He's a quick walker.tatoeba
    英語が堪能で頭の回転も速い現代っ子。He is proficient in English and a modern-day child with a quick wit.wiki
  2. fast
  1. speed
  2. velocity
  3. quickness
  4. rapidity
  5. earliness

Popular Usage

速い急速高速加速早速時速速達速力加速度

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bundle · Chaplin · tree (木) · wood (木) · mouth (口) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1799

Compound words

急速きゅうそく
rapid (e.g. progress)
高速こうそく
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway
加速かそく
acceleration; speeding up
時速じそく
speed (per hour)
早速さっそく
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
速達そくたつ
express; special delivery
速力そくりょく
speed
快速かいそく
high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train
減速げんそく
deceleration
失速しっそく
stall; downturn; slowdown; slump; weakening
迅速じんそく
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt
拙速せっそく
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
速さはやさ
speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity; earliness
速記そっき
shorthand; stenography
速度そくど
speed; velocity; pace; rate; velocity
速報そくほう
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
秒速びょうそく
speed per second; velocity per second; instant; moment; a few seconds
敏速びんそく
quickness; agility; activity
風速ふうそく
wind speed
速攻そっこう
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; breakaway; right away
速球そっきゅう
fastball
全速力ぜんそくりょく
full speed
速やかすみやか
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
超音速ちょうおんそく
supersonic speed

Additional Examples

彼は非常に速く走ったので、彼らは追いつけなかった。
So fast did he run that they couldn't catch up with him.tatoeba
彼は彼女に追いつこうと精一杯速く歩いた。
He walked as fast as he could to catch up with her.tatoeba
彼は年なので速く歩けない。
He is too old to walk quickly.tatoeba
その力強く速い打ち方にしびれる地車囃子のファンも多い。
Many fans of danjiri-bayashi are fascinated by the heavy and fast drumming.wiki
奈良線の最速達の種別であり昼間を中心に運転される。
The Miyakoji Rapid Service--the fastest train on the Nara Line--runs mainly during the day.wiki
地下区間で高速運転が可能になったことで若干の速達化が図られたといえる。
The increase in speed was realized because high-speed operation became possible in the underground portion of the line.wiki
速力18ノット。
The ship can make 18 knots.wiki

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