Chinese Character Wiki
快

kuài

rapid

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

忄  Meaning component

xin, xīn

  

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

夬 sound component

夬  Sound component

guài

  

parted, decisive

Evolution

快 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
快 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
快 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

快  

kuài

rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon; rapid; quick; speed; rate; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant

Most common words with 快
Freq.
Word
Meaning

快

rapid

快乐

happy

快速

fast

加快

to accelerate

尽快

as quickly as possible

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

筷

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ʷʰˤret-s

khwaejH

kuài

cheerful


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 98.4302% of movies

112th most common character in movies

366th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5FEB

Shuowen

“快，喜也。从心，夬聲。”


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