Kanji 速

音読おんよみ: ソク

訓読くんよみ: はや
はやめる・はやまる

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: しんにょう(辶)

Meaning

Fast / Quick / Speed

  • はやめる — to speed up; to make faster verb (trans.)
  • はやまる — to become faster verb (intrans.)
  • 高速こうそく — high speed
  • 速度そくど — speed
  • 速達そくたつ — express delivery
  • すみやか — prompt, swift
  • 加速かそく — acceleration
  • 速歩そくほ — fast walking

The radical 辶 (しんにょう) represents movement or a path. Combined with 束 (bundle), the character 速 implies something bundled and moved quickly — a metaphor for speed and swift delivery.

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