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Kanji Detail for 迅 - "swift, rapid, prompt"

迅

  • Meaning

    迅 means "swift, rapid, prompt."

    1. Swift - Moving very fast.

    2. Rapid - Happening quickly.

    3. Prompt - Without delay.

  • Words using 迅

    • 迅速 じんそく Listen (very) quick; rapid; swift

  • Four-character idioms with 迅

    • 無常迅速 むじょうじんそく Listen the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times
    • 獅子奮迅 ししふんじん Listen furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
    • 疾風迅雷 しっぷうじんらい Listen with lightning speed
    • 迅速果敢 じんそくかかん Listen quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute
    • 迅速果断 じんそくかだん Listen quick and decisive; fast and daring
    • 迅雷風烈 じんらいふうれつ Listen violent thunder and fierce wind; rapidly changing situation; swift action

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    • Verified meaning: swift, rapid, prompt
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じん, はやし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 迅

    Given names 迅(じん)Listen

    Surnames 迅(はやし)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    swift; fast

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    quick, hasty, rapid, sudden

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    rapid; fast

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    quick, hasty; sudden, rapid

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Very fast. Coming and going suddenly, beyond human calculation, is called 迅. Such as saying 迅雷不及掩耳 (swift thunder leaves no time to cover one's ears).

  • Onyomi

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    jin(ジン) ジン

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    swift rapid prompt fast speedy accelerated agile brisk expeditious fleet hasty high-speed immediate lightning nimble quick snappy sudden

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