漢字道KANJIDOβ

速 — 10 strokes / Radical「辶」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 10 strokes / Radical「辶」
On
ソクそく · soku
Kun
はや(い)・はや(める)・はや(まる)・すみ(やか)haya(i) · haya(meru) · haya(maru) · sumi(yaka)
Meaning
fast, quick

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

辶 (to go) + 束 (sound) — moving quickly, meaning 'fast'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソクそくsoku速度そくど敏速びんそく時速じそく
Kunはやいhayai速いはやい速さはやさ

Compare: 早い

Kunはやめるhayameru速めるはやめる

Compare: 早める

Kunはやまるhayamaru速まるはやまる

Compare: 早まる

Kunすみやかsumiyaka速やかだすみやかだ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 速度そくど

    speed

  • 高速こうそく

    high speed

More words with this kanji

  • 秒速びょうそく
  • 迅速じんそく
  • 拙速せっそく
  • 速贄はやにえ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

電車(でんしゃ)は とても 速(はや)い です。

The train is very fast.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

速度高速速度degree高high返return追chase送send進advanc…遊to pla…息breath仄faint即immedi…足foot束bundle
CompoundRadicalReading

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