速
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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
References
- KangXi: 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
| 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 |
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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, OC *sloːɡ) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 束 (OC *hljoɡ).
Etymology
Cognate with Burmese သွက် (swak, “quick, fast, swift”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
速
- speedy; quick; fast
- 欲速,則不達,見小利,則大事不成。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 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.
欲速,则不达,见小利,则大事不成。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- speed
- (literary) to invite
- 不速之客 ― bùsùzhīkè ― uninvited guess
- 既有肥羜,以速諸父。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th 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.
既有肥𬙯,以速诸父。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) to incur
- a surname
Compounds
Derived terms from 速
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Japanese
| Shinjitai | 速 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
速󠄁 速+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 速󠄃 速+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Readings
Compounds
References
- “速”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
Korean
Vietnamese
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