速
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fast; rapid; quick; velocity
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵 +7
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 速
- Common rank
- #561
- Unicode
- U+901F
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
quick · Heisig RSH #1287
bundle + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 速
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手动变速器 | manual gearbox; manual transmission | |
| 高速公路 | expressway; highway; freeway | |
| 直线性加速器 | linear accelerator | |
| 重力加速度 | (physics) gravitational acceleration | |
| 亚速海 | Sea of Azov in southern Russia | |
| 直线加速器 | linear accelerator | |
| 不速之客 | (idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest | |
| 高速路 | highway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4]) | |
| 变速传动 | to change gear | |
| 加速器 | accelerator (computing); particle accelerator | |
| 同步加速器 | synchrotron | |
| 速克达 | (loanword) scooter | |
| 单速车 | single-speed bicycle; fixed-gear bicycle | |
| 得来速 | drive-thru (loanword) | |
| 亚速尔群岛 | Azores Islands | |
| 不速 | uninvited (guest); unexpected (appearance); unwanted presence | |
| 线速度 | linear velocity | |
| 变速器 | gearbox; speed changer; gear | |
| 地速 | groundspeed (of an aircraft etc) | |
| 加速度 | acceleration |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 束 — compare how they read.