速
fast, quick
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
10 / 10
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:10
JLPT:3
Frequency:576
Vocabulary
ソク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加速 | カソク | acceleration; speeding up |
| 快速 | カイソク | high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train |
| 急速 | キュウソク | rapid (e.g. progress) |
| 減速 | ゲンソク | deceleration |
| 高速 | コウソク | high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway; motorway |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失速 | しっそく | stall; downturn; slowdown; slump; weakening; decline |
| 拙速 | せっそく | rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash |
| 素速い | すばやい | quick; swift; nimble; agile; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt |
| 速く | はやく | early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast |
| 速まる | はやまる | to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be advanced; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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imperial order
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distant, far
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還
return, send back
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述
mention, relate, speak, state
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逐
accomplish, attain, chase, commit, drive away, pursue
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束
bundle, control, govern, manage, ream, sheaf, tie in bundles
Grade 4JLPT 3
追
chase, drive away, follow, meanwhile, pursue
Grade 3JLPT 3
迷
astray, be perplexed, err, illusion, in doubt, lost
Grade 5JLPT 3
逮
apprehend, chase
Grade 8JLPT 1
違
differ, difference
Grade 8JLPT 3