速

速 U+901F, 速 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-901F ← 逞 [U+901E] CJK Unified Ideographs 造 → [U+9020]

Translingual

Han character

速 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜木中 (YDL), four-corner 3530₉, composition ⿺辶束)

Derived characters

• 𠻣, 𢳪, 㯈, 𮀼, 𧜦, 𧐒, 𬩓, 𧫻, 𨄞, 𨫩, 𩞍, 䲇, 𬨻, 𫑅, 𬩉, 𫑋, 𫑐, 𨘱, 𫑒, 𨙛
• 䔎, 𨖧, 𨗜, 𬩏, 𫅯, 𩅘, 𨘘, 𩯀, 𪋝, 𩱫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1258, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38897
• Dae Jaweon: page 1746, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3838, character 1
• Unihan data for U+901F

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Chinese

trad.		速
simp. #		速
alternative forms		遬 遫 𧫣 𧫷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 速
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (束) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涑	*sloː, *sloːɡ, *sloɡ
鏉	*sloː, *sloːɡs, *srus
摗	*sloː
駷	*sloːʔ, *sloŋʔ
嗽	*sloːɡs, *sroːɡ, *sloːɡ
瘶	*sloːɡs
欶	*sloːɡs, *sroːɡ
漱	*sloːɡs, *srus
捒	*sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs
悚	*sloŋʔ
竦	*sloŋʔ
娕	*sʰroːɡ
梀	*sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ
速	*sloːɡ
餗	*sloːɡ
殐	*sloːɡ
遬	*sloːɡ
蔌	*sloːɡ
樕	*sloːɡ
藗	*sloːɡ
誎	*sʰloɡ
束	*hljoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloːɡ) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 束 (OC *hljoɡ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 速

1. speedy; quick; fast

   迅速  ―  xùnsù  ―  swift

   速去速回  ―  sù qù sù huí  ―  to go and return quickly

   • 欲速，則不達，見小利，則大事不成。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     欲速，则不达，见小利，则大事不成。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yù sù, zé bù dá, jiàn xiǎolì, zé dàshì bùchéng. [Pinyin]

     Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

2. speed

   時速／时速  ―  shísù  ―  speed per hour

3. (literary) to invite

   不速之客  ―  bùsùzhīkè  ―  uninvited guess

   • 既有肥羜，以速諸父。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     既有肥𬙯，以速诸父。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jì yǒu féi zhù, yǐ sù zhūfù. [Pinyin]

     And the fatted lambs are provided,
     To which to invite my paternal uncles.

4. (literary) to incur
5. a surname

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Japanese

Shinjitai	速
Kyūjitai	速󠄁 速+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	速󠄃 速+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

速

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. fast, speedy

Readings

• Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kun: すみやか (sumiyaka, 速やか, Jōyō)、はやい (hayai, 速い, Jōyō)、はやまる (hayamaru, 速まる, Jōyō)、はやめる (hayameru, 速める, Jōyō)
• Nanori: ちか (chika)、つぎ (tsugi)、とう (tō)、はや (haya)、はやし (hayashi)、はやみ (hayami)、めす (mesu)

Compounds

Compounds

• 音(おん)速(そく) (onsoku)
• 加(か)速(そく) (kasoku)
• 減(げん)速(そう) (gensō)
• 光(こう)速(そく) (kōsoku)
• 高(こう)速(そく) (kōsoku)
• 早(さっ)速(そく) (sassoku)
• 速(そく)度(ど) (sokudo): speed
• 速(そく)読(どく) (sokudoku): speedreading
• 猛(もう)速(そく) (mōsoku): seriously fast speed

See also

• 速(はや)い (hayai)
• 速(はや)く (hayaku)
• 速(はや)さ (hayasa)

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Korean

Hanja

速 (eumhun 빠를 속 (ppareul sok))

1. hanja form^? of 속 (“fast”)

Compounds

• 속도 (速度, sokdo, “speed”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

速: Hán Nôm readings: tốc, rốc, nhanh

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