速

速 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜木中 (YDL), four-corner 3530₉, composition ⿺辶束)

• 𠻣, 𢳪, 㯈, 𮀼, 𧜦, 𧐒, 𬩓, 𧫻, 𨄞, 𨫩, 𩞍, 䲇, 𬨻, 𫑅, 𬩉, 𫑋, 𫑐, 𨘱, 𫑒, 𨙛
• 䔎, 𨖧, 𨗜, 𬩏, 𫅯, 𩅘, 𨘘, 𩯀, 𪋝, 𩱫

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1258, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38897
• Dae Jaweon: page 1746, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3838, character 1
• Unihan data for U+901F

Historical forms of the character 速
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sloːɡ) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 束 (OC *hljoɡ).

Compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-sow (“to arise; to awake; to awaken”) (STEDT). Related to 促 (OC *sʰoɡ, “to urge”) (Schuessler, 2007).

速

1. speedy; quick; fast

   迅速  ―  xùnsù  ―  swift

   速去速回  ―  sù qù sù huí  ―  to go and return quickly

   • 欲速，則不達，見小利，則大事不成。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     欲速，则不达，见小利，则大事不成。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yù sù, zé bù dá, jiàn xiǎolì, zé dàshì bùchéng. [Pinyin]

     Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

2. speed

   時速／时速  ―  shísù  ―  speed per hour

3. (literary) to invite

   不速之客  ―  bùsùzhīkè  ―  uninvited guess

   • 既有肥羜，以速諸父。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     既有肥𬙯，以速诸父。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jì yǒu féi zhù, yǐ sù zhūfù. [Pinyin]

     And the fatted lambs are provided,
     To which to invite my paternal uncles.

4. (literary) to incur
5. a surname
6. (Teochew, colloquial) km/h

   只條路限五十速。 [Teochew, trad.]
   只条路限五十速。 [Teochew, simp.]

   zi² diao⁵ lou⁷ hang⁶ ngou⁶ zab⁸ sog⁴. [Peng'im]

   The speed limit on this road is 50 km/h.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. fast, speedy

• Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kun: すみやか (sumiyaka, 速やか, Jōyō); はやい (hayai, 速い, Jōyō); はやまる (hayamaru, 速まる, Jōyō); はやめる (hayameru, 速める, Jōyō)
• Nanori: ちか (chika); つぎ (tsugi); とう (tō); はや (haya); はやし (hayashi); はやみ (hayami); めす (mesu)

• 速(はや)い (hayai)
• 速(はや)く (hayaku)
• 速(はや)さ (hayasa)

速 (eumhun 빠를 속 (ppareul sok))

1. Hanja form^? of 속 (“fast”).

• 속도 (速度, sokdo, “speed”)

速: Hán Nôm readings: tốc, rốc, nhanh

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