Memory phrase for the Kanji: 速


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Meaning

fast, quick, speed

Pronunciation

SOKU
hayai, sumiyaka

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: bundle (Plants , like sheafs of rice (cf. ) are bound with a ribbon to a bundle )

Mnemonic

If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster.

Radicals

movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou
bundle, sheaf(Things , bound with a ribbon to a bundle)
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Vocabulary

 速い  はやい  quick, fast, swift
 速やか  すみやか  speedy, prompt, smooth
 速達  そくたつ  express/special delivery
 加速  かそく  acceleration
 加速度  かそくど  acceleration
 早速  さっそく  at once, immediately, promptly
 急速  きゅうそく  rapid (e.g. progress)
 迅速  じんそく  quick/fast/rapid/swift/prompt
 速力  そくりょく  speed

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