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Kanji Information Sheet for 速 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
辷 (しんにゅう, すべ.る, すべ.らす) – road; glide; skate; slip; fail in exams; (kokuji)
込 (-こ.む, こ.む, こ.み, -こ.み, こ.める, こみ, ごめ) – crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji)
辷 (しんにゅう, すべ.る, すべ.らす) – road; glide; skate; slip; fail in exams; (kokuji)
込 (-こ.む, こ.む, こ.み, -こ.み, こ.める, こみ, ごめ) – crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji)
Henshall Mnemonic: manage fast movement
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #576 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #576 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 急速 [きゅうそく]
(adj-na,n) rapid (e.g. progress) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速度 [そくど]
(n) speed; velocity; rate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 高速 [こうそく]
(adj-na,n) high speed; high gear [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 速達 [そくたつ]
(n) express; special delivery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 加速 [かそく]
(n,vs) acceleration [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速力 [そくりょく]
(n) speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 時速 [じそく]
(n) speed (per hour) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 早速 [さっそく]
(adv) at once; immediately; without delay; promptly [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 速やか [すみやか]
(adj-na,n) speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 迅速 [じんそく]
(adj-na,n) quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 風速 [ふうそく]
(n) wind speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 減速 [げんそく]
(n,vs) deceleration [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全速力 [ぜんそくりょく]
(n) full speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速く [はやく]
(adv,n) early; fast; soon [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速さ [はやさ]
(n) speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速める [はやめる]
(v1) to hasten; to quicken; to expedite; to precipitate; to accelerate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速記 [そっき]
(n) shorthand; stenography [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速球 [そっきゅう]
(n) fastball [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速攻 [そっこう]
(n) swift attack [K] [D] [Jisho] - 失速 [しっそく]
(n) stall (in flying) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 秒速 [びょうそく]
(n) per second [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速達便 [そくたつびん]
(abbr) special delivery mail; express delivery post [K] [D] [Jisho] - 速報 [そくほう]
(n,vs) prompt report; quick announcement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 高速度 [こうそくど]
(n) high speed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 高速道路 [こうそくどうろ]
highway; freeway [K] [D] [Jisho] - 敏速 [びんそく]
(adj-na,n) quickness; agility; activity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 拙速 [せっそく]
(adj-na,n) hasty; rough and ready [K] [D] [Jisho] - 快速 [かいそく]
(adj-na,n) high speed; celerity; mobility; express (train that bypasses many stations) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 超音速 [ちょうおんそく]
(n) supersonic speed [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.