The kanji 速: meaning, readings and stroke order
速
- Meaning
- fast, quick
- On reading
- ソク soku
- Kun reading
- はや(い) hayai、はや(める) hayameru、はや(まる) hayamaru、すみ(やか) sumiyaka
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵 walk
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nhanh (tốc)
- Japanese
- はやい。
- Korean
- 빠르다 (속)
- Chinese
- 快、迅速
Readings, words and example sentences
ソク soku · on reading
速度
speed
車の 速度を 落とします。
I slow the car down.
はや(い) hayai · kun reading
速い
fast, quick
あの 子は 走るのが 速いです。
That child runs fast.
はや(める) hayameru · kun reading
速める
to speed up
足を 速めて 歩きます。
I walk faster.
はや(まる) hayamaru · kun reading · less common
速まる
to get faster
川の 流れが 速まりました。
The river began to flow faster.
すみ(やか) sumiyaka · kun reading · less common
速やか
quick, without delay
速やかに 家へ 帰ります。
I go home right away.
Practise writing 速 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 速 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.