急

hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いそ.ぎいそ.ぐせ.く

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:9

JLPT:N4

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

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

encroach, invade, raid, trespass, violate

breath, coming to an end, interest (on money), nuture, respiration, rest, son

calm, quiet, moderation

conceal, hide, cover

permanence, distant, long time, leisure

endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak

loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness

apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept