快(kuài)

HSK 17 strokes

rapid

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Character information

Pinyin
kuài
Meaning
rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 快 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰忄夬

A decisive 夬 will 忄; 夬 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

忄xīn夬guài

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 快 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 快

Common words using 快 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiā加kuài快
HSK 3

to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten

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jǐn尽kuài快
HSK 4

as quickly as possible; as soon as possible

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qín勤kuài快
HSK 7-9

diligent; hardworking

Open 勤快 page →
kuài快jié捷
HSK 7-9

quick

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bù不kuài快

unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp

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yī一tǔ吐wèi为kuài快

to get sth off one's chest

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bù不yú愉kuài快

disagreeable

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chéng乘lóng龙kuài快xù婿

ideal son-in-law

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Related characters

More HSK 1 characters

一七三上下不东两

From 快’s common words

加尽勤捷不一吐为

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