速

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

Chinese

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

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

Etymology

Compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-sow (“to arise; to awake; to awaken”) (STEDT). Related to 促 (OC *sʰoɡ, “to urge”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

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.

     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.

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

4. (literary) to incur
5. a surname
6. (Teochew, colloquial) km/h

   只條路限五十速。 [Teochew, trad.]
   只条路限五十速。 [Teochew, simp.]

   zi² diao⁵ lou⁷ hang⁶ ngou⁶ zab⁸ sog⁴. [Peng'im]

   The speed limit on this road is 50 km/h.

Compounds

Japanese

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

(grade 3 “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

See also

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

References

Korean

Hanja

速 (eumhun 빠를 속 (ppareul sok))

1. Hanja form^? of 속 (“fast”).

Compounds

• 속도 (速度, sokdo, “speed”)

Vietnamese

Han character

速: Hán Nôm readings: tốc, rốc, nhanh

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