快

Translingual

Etymology

Component: 夬

Han character

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

• 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

• 筷

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Cantonese

Hanzi

快 (jyutping faai3, Yale faai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

快 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: こころよい (kokoroyoi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 快板儿
• 快报
• 快步流星
• 快餐
• 快畅
• 快车
• 快冲胶卷
• 快当
• 快刀斩乱麻
• 快递
• 快感
• 快活
• 快货
• 快件
• 快捷
• 快乐
• 快马加鞭
• 快慢
• 快门
• 快枪
• 快人快语
• 快食面
• 快事
• 快适
• 快手, 快手儿
• 快书
• 快速
• 快艇
• 快慰
• 快相
• 快心
• 快信
• 快讯
• 快要
• 快意

Antonyms

• 慢 (màn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

快 (khoái, khuấy, khoáy, sướng)