速
quick, fast
Readings
On'yomi
- ソク
Kun'yomi
- はや.い
- はや-
- はや.める
- すみ.やか
Nanori
- わ
Meaning
速 centers on high speed: being quick or fast in movement or action.
Most common words using 速
24 of 297- 高速こうそくN3
high-speed; rapid; express
- 速度そくどN3
speed; velocity; pace; rate
- 速報そくほうN1
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
- 早速さっそくN3
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
- 加速かそくN2
acceleration; speeding up
- 急速きゅうそくN2
rapid (e.g. progress)
- 迅速じんそくN1
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
- 速攻そっこう
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; breakaway
- 時速じそくN2
speed (per hour)
- 快速かいそくN3
high speed; rapidity
- 速やかすみやかN1
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
- 減速げんそくN1
deceleration
- 風速ふうそくN1
wind speed
- 失速しっそく
stall
- 秒速びょうそく
speed per second; velocity per second
- 全速力ぜんそくりょくN1
full speed
- 速達そくたつN3
express; special delivery
- 速記そっき
shorthand; stenography
- 速球そっきゅう
fastball
- 速力そくりょくN2
speed
- 拙速せっそく
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
- 高速度こうそくど
high speed
- 敏速びんそく
quickness; agility; activity
- 高速道路こうそくどうろN3
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
Study
Etymology
速 combines 辶 (movement) with 束, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of binding or tightening, suggesting swift, constrained motion.
Meaning mnemonic
The movement radical 辶 wraps around 束 (bundle). Picture a tightly bound bundle rolling downhill at high speed: 速 means quick or fast.
Reading mnemonic
For ソク, imagine a sock flying off a foot at high speed: sock -> ソク, and the quick motion matches the kanji's meaning.