Onyomi: ソク · Kunyomi: すみ.やか, はや-, はや.い, はや.める · Meanings: fast, quick
Kanji for fast, quick
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速 is made from 辶, meaning movement or walking, and 束, meaning a bundle or something tightly bound. A tightly tied bundle is compact and easy to carry, allowing it to move quickly from place to place. When combined with the movement radical, the image becomes moving swiftly without delay. From this idea, 速 came to mean fast, quick, or speedy movement.
速 shows a tightly bundled object moving quickly along a path.
Imagine tying everything into a tight bundle and rushing down a road with it. That fast, smooth movement is 速.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 速 | そく | gear, speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission) | Suffix, Counter |
| 速度 | そくど | speed, velocity, pace, rate | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 早い | はやい | fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt | common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 早口 | はやくち | fast-talking, rapid talking | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 速達 | そくたつ | express, special delivery | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb |
| 早める | はやめる | to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 速球 | そっきゅう | fastball | common Noun |
| 速さ | はやさ | speed, velocity, quickness, rapidity | common Noun |
| 速記 | そっき | shorthand, stenography | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 速やか | すみやか | quick, speedy, prompt, rapid, swift | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |