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Kotomora

迅

swift, fast

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes6

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

迅 centers on high speed: something swift or fast in motion.

Most common words using 迅

  • 迅速じんそく
    N1

    (very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious

  • 迅雷じんらい

    sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap

  • 獅子奮迅ししふんじん

    furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious

  • 奮迅ふんじん

    rousing oneself fiercely; being intensely stirred up

  • 無常迅速むじょうじんそく

    the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times

  • 獅子奮迅の勢いししふんじんのいきおい

    irresistible force

  • 疾風迅雷しっぷうじんらい

    with lightning speed

  • 迅速果敢じんそくかかん

    quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute

  • 迅速果断じんそくかだん

    quick and decisive; fast and daring

  • 迅雷風烈じんらいふうれつ

    violent thunder and fierce wind; rapidly changing situation; swift action

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Etymology

迅 combines the movement radical 辶 with 卂, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of speed or swift motion.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement radical 辶 suggests going, and the inside part 卂 looks like a fast, streamlined shape. Picture a swift messenger dashing along a path.

Reading mnemonic

For ジン, imagine a swift genie (ジン) zooming along the path: genie -> ジン, and it moves with incredible speed.