Kanji N3

速: quick, fast

速 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning quick, fast, written with 10 strokes. It is read ソク (on) and はやい, はやめる, すみやか (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 急速 (きゅうそく, rapid) and 高速 (こうそく, high-speed).

速

Meanings

  • quick
  • fast
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#576 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • はやい
  • はや-
  • はやめる
  • すみやか

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 速

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 急速きゅうそく

    rapid (e.g. progress)

    JLPT N3
  • 高速こうそく

    high-speed; rapid; express

    JLPT N3
  • 速度そくど

    speed; velocity; pace; rate

    JLPT N3
  • 時速じそく

    speed (per hour)

    JLPT N2
  • 加速かそく

    acceleration; speeding up

    JLPT N2
  • 迅速じんそく

    (very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt

    JLPT N1
  • 加速度かそくど

    acceleration

    JLPT N2
  • 早速さっそく

    at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.