快

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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Component: 夬

Han character [edit]

快 (radical 61 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心木大 (PDK), four-corner 95030)

  1. rapid, quick, speedy, fast
  2. speed, rate
  3. soon, almost
  4. to make haste
  5. clever
  6. sharp (of knives or wits)
  7. forthright
  8. plain-spoken
  9. gratified, pleased
  10. pleasant

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 377, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10369
  • Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2278, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5FEB

Descendants [edit]

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

快 (jyutping faai3, Yale faai3)

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

快 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

快 (hangeul 쾌, revised kwae, McCune-Reischauer k'wae, Yale khway)

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

快 (pinyin kuài (kuai4), zhūn (zhun1), Wade-Giles k'uai4, chun1)

Compounds [edit]

Antonyms [edit]

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

快 (khoái, khuấy, khoáy, sướng)

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