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速

quick
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingソク
Kun readingはや.い、はや-、はや.める、すみ.やか
JōyōGrade 3
  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

Radicals and components

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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

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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