Chinese Character Wiki
速

sù

quick

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 束 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

束 sound component

束  Sound component

shù

  

bind

Evolution

速 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
速 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
速 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
速 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
速 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

速  

sù

quick, prompt, speedy; fast; rapid; quick; velocity

Most common words with 速
Freq.
Word
Meaning

速度

speed

迅速

rapid

快速

fast

速

fast

加速

to speed up

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤok

suwk

sù

invite

*[s]ˤok

suwk

sù

rapid


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 44.3857% of movies

873rd most common character in movies

617th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+901F

Shuowen

“速，疾也。从辵，束聲。遬，籀文从欶。，古文人欶、从言。”


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