noun #3,885

Meanings

  1. 1 fast; rapid; quick
  2. 2 speed; velocity

Examples

Tā kāichē tài kuài, chāosù le.
He was driving too fast and speeding.
Gāosù gōnglù hěn fāngbiàn.
Highways are very convenient.
Qǐng jǐnkuài huífù, sù huí.
Please reply as soon as possible.

Tips

usage
is used in: 速度 (speed), 快速 (rapid), 高速 (high-speed), 超速 (speeding), 加速 (accelerate), 迅速 (swift). adds a formal/written tone compared to .

Components

radical
chuò
walk; movement (radical form)
Walking radical (the side-form of ), wrapping around the lower-left. Marks as a motion character: speed is the rate of movement. Same radical anchors (advance), (far), (close), (chase), (flee).
phonetic
shù
bundle; tie up
Inner supplies the sound: shù shifts to sù with a tone change. Beyond sound, (a bundle tied tight) hints at the meaning — fast motion is tight, taut, controlled. The whole graph reads 'tight bundle in motion = swift.' Same series: (spicy/sharp), (cough).

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