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Kanji Detail for 快 - "pleasant, cheerful"

快

  • Meaning

    快 means "pleasant, cheerful." Also associated with swift.

    1. Pleasant - Agreeable and enjoyable; comfortable.

    2. Cheerful - Happy and content; joyful.

    3. Swift - Fast and quick; speedy.

    4. Sharp - Keen in cutting; incisive.

  • Words using 快

    • 快適 かいてき Listen pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
    • 明快 めいかい Listen clear; clear-cut; lucid
    • 快挙 かいきょ Listen brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment
    • 豪快 ごうかい Listen hearty; tremendous; magnificent
    • 不快 ふかい Listen displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness
    • 軽快 けいかい Listen light (of movements); nimble; sprightly
    • 快調 かいちょう Listen good (condition); going well; fine
    • 快速 かいそく Listen high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express)

  • Four-character idioms with 快

    • 単純明快 たんじゅんめいかい Listen simple and clear; plain and simple
    • 快刀乱麻 かいとうらんま Listen solving a problem swiftly and skillfully
    • 明朗快活 めいろうかいかつ Listen cheerful and openhearted
    • 痛快無比 つうかいむひ Listen very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant
    • 論旨明快 ろんしめいかい Listen the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned

  • Tattoo check: 快

    • Verified meaning: pleasant, cheerful
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かい, こころ, さやか, なおる)
    • Also carries these associations: swift

    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 快

    Given names 快(かい)Listen 快(こころ)Listen 快(さやか)Listen 快(なおる)Listen 快(はや)Listen 快(よし)Listen

    Surnames 快(はやし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cheerful; pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rapid, quick, speedy, fast; soon

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    speedy, rapid, quick; soon

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

    Happy. Such as 爽快, 快活. | Fast. Such as 快慢. | Sharp. Such as 快刀. | A runner. Such as the old term for those catching thieves being 捕快. River patrol runners were called 河快.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kokoroyo.i(こころよ-い) こころよ-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    pleasant cheerful swift fast sharp comfortable agreeable amiable content delightful enjoyable glad happy joyful pleasing refreshing relaxing satisfied smooth clever keen

Sentences including 快

  • She did not take kindly to my advice.

  • He lives for nothing but pleasure.

  • This room is comfortable.

  • We have a lot of very fine days in october.

  • Those children are cheerful.

  • I'm getting better every day.

  • Have fun this summer !

  • The hotel where we stayed was very comfortable.

  • This house is very comfortable to live in.

  • He is getting better quickly.

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