快 kuài
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 夬 decisive, certain
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
快速
kuàisù
fast
Characters in this word
速 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 束 to bind, to control, to restrain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请快速回答。 Qǐng kuàisù huídá. Please answer quickly.
- 他快速上车。 Tā kuàisù shàng chē. He quickly gets in the car.
- 快速走不安全。 Kuàisù zǒu bù ānquán. Walking fast is not safe.
Related words
- 快 kuài fast, quick
- 快餐 kuàicān fast food
- 快点儿 kuàidiǎnr hurry up
- 快乐 kuàilè happy
- 快要 kuàiyào soon; about to
- 凉快 liángkuai pleasantly cool
- 赶快 gǎnkuài quickly; hurry up
- 加快 jiākuài to speed up
- 尽快 jǐnkuài as soon as possible
- 快递 kuàidì express delivery; package
- 痛快 tòngkuài happy and satisfied
- 快活 kuàihuo happy; cheerful