Hanja Analyzer
速

速 — sok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빠를 속
Romanization
sok
English
quick, prompt, speedy
Mandarin
sù
Japanese on'yomi
ソク
Japanese kun'yomi
はや.い はや- はや.める すみ.やか
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#576 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
辵 (162, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
束
Unicode
U+901F

Parts that make up 速

  • 束 묶을 속sound 양 끝을 동여맨 자루묶는 일. ‘속·수’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 速 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 速 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 束.

Korean example words with 速

  • 보속步速 Korean gloss: 걷는 속도
  • 속행速行 Korean gloss: 빨리 행함
  • 완속緩速 Korean gloss: 느린 속도
  • 저속低速 Korean gloss: 느린 속도
  • 급속急速 Korean gloss: 급하고 빠름
  • 고속高速 Korean gloss: 매우 빠른 속도
  • 선속船速 Korean gloss: 선박의 항해 속도
  • 속식速食 Korean gloss: 음식을 빨리 먹음
  • 속타速打 Korean gloss: 타자를 빠르게 침
  • 속효速效 Korean gloss: 빨리 나타나는 효과
  • 항속航速 Korean gloss: 선박이나 비행기의 속도
  • 전속全速 Korean gloss: 낼 수 있는 최대의 속력

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 速

  • 急速きゅうそく rapid (e.g. progress)
  • 速球そっきゅう fastball
  • 高速こうそく high-speed; rapid; express
  • 高速道路こうそくどうろ highway; freeway; expressway
  • 速報そくほう news flash; prompt report; bulletin
  • 減速げんそく deceleration
  • 時速じそく speed (per hour)
  • 速度そくど speed; velocity; pace
  • 速やかすみやか quick; speedy; prompt
  • 加速かそく acceleration; speeding up
  • 風速ふうそく wind speed
  • 速さはやさ speed; velocity; quickness

Characters sharing the phonetic 束

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “속”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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