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Kotomora

速

quick, fast

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes10

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

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  • 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

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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.