急
emergency, hurry, steep, sudden
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:9
JLPT:4
Frequency:309
Vocabulary
キュウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 応急 | オウキュウ | emergency; first-aid |
| 緩急 | カンキュウ | high and low speed; fast and slow; pace; tempo; lenience and severity; emergency; crisis; dire situation |
| 急激 | キュウゲキ | sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical |
| 急行 | キュウコウ | hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train) |
| 急死 | キュウシ | sudden death |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 急度 | きっと | surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent); sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight; suddenly; abruptly; instantly |
| 急 | きゅう | sudden; abrupt; unexpected; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; precipitous; rapid; swift; fast; emergency; crisis; danger; urgency; hurrying; haste; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song |
| 急いで | いそいで | hurriedly; in haste; in a rush; quickly; hurry up!; quickly!; get going! |
| 急かす | せかす | to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush |
| 急ぎ | いそぎ | haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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forget
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応
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