快
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
快 (radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心木大 (PDK), four-corner 95030, composition ⿰忄夬)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 377, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10369
- Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2278, character 11
- Unihan data for U+5FEB
Chinese[edit]
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快 |
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Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷraːds): semantic 忄 + phonetic 夬 (OC *kʷraːds).
Etymology[edit]
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
快
- pleased; happy
- forthright; plainspoken
- rapid; quick; speedy; fast
- sharp (of knives); clever (of wits)
- quickly; hurriedly
- to be about to; almost
- to hurry; to hasten; to hurry up
Synonyms[edit]
- (quick):
Synonyms of 快
Dialectal synonyms of 快 (“fast; quick; speedy”) [map]
Antonyms[edit]
- 慢 (màn)
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 快
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
快
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: け (ke)←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)
- Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)←くわい (kwai, historical)
- Kun: こころよい (kokoroyoi, 快い, Jōyō); うれしい (ureshii, 快しい); はやい (hayai, 快い)
Etymology[edit]
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快 |
かい Grade: 5 |
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From Middle Chinese 快 (MC kʰˠuaiH).
Pronunciation[edit]
Affix[edit]
- pleasant, pleasing, comfortable, enjoyable
- fast, quick (in a pleasing way)
- sharp (of knives); clever (of wits)
- recovery (from illness, of health)
Noun[edit]
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
快 (eumhun 쾌할 쾌 (kwaehal kwae))
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
快: Hán Nôm readings: khoái, khuấy, khoáy, sướng
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