快(kuài): rapid

HSK 17 strokes

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Character informationHSK 1

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 & structureWhere 快 comes from

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.

Words with 快

kuài快lè乐

HSK 2

happy; joyful

kuài快yào要

HSK 2

nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

kuài快cān餐

HSK 2

fast food

liáng凉kuai快

HSK 2

pleasantly cool (weather etc)

jiā加kuài快

HSK 3

to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten

kuài快sù速

HSK 3

fast; high-speed; rapid

gǎn赶kuài快

HSK 3

quickly; at once

jǐn尽kuài快

HSK 4

as quickly as possible; as soon as possible

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