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Kanji Detail for 急 - "urgent, sudden, fast"

  • Meaning

    急 means "urgent, sudden, fast."

    1. Urgent - Pressing; requiring immediate action.

    2. Fast - Quick in movement or speed.

    3. Sudden - Happening without warning; abrupt.

    4. Steep - Having a sharp incline.

  • Words using

    • 緊急 きんきゅう Listen urgency; emergency
    • 急速 きゅうそく Listen rapid (e.g. progress)
    • 早急 そうきゅう Listen immediate; prompt; quick
    • 急性 きゅうせい Listen acute (illness)
    • 急いで いそいで Listen hurriedly; in haste; in a rush
    • 急増 きゅうぞう Listen rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation
    • 急進 きゅうしん Listen rapid progress; radical progress
    • 救急 きゅうきゅう Listen first-aid; emergency (aid)
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 急転直下 きゅうてんちょっか Listen suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
    • 一旦緩急 いったんかんきゅう Listen (when) danger threatens; should an emergency occur
    • 危急存亡 ききゅうそんぼう Listen life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
    • 応急措置 おうきゅうそち Listen stopgap measure; quick-fix solution
    • 緩急自在 かんきゅうじざい Listen varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will
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    • Verified meaning: urgent, sudden, fast
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hurry; emergency; sudden; steep

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    quick, quickly; urgent, pressing

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent

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

    Opposite of slow. Such as 緊急, 急切. All things needing speed are called 急. Hence, seeking help is 告急. Poverty and hardship can all be called 急. | Responding quickly. Such as 急起直追. | Impatient. Such as having an impatient temperament, meaning unable to tolerate and acting hastily.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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Sentences including

  • You don't have to hurry.

  • Make haste , and you will be in time.

  • When you're in a hurry , it's easy to make a mistake.

  • Call an ambulance.

  • You didn't need to hurry.

  • He is used to eating in a rush.

  • I suddenly became very sad.

  • Hurry up , and you will be able to catch the train.

  • He hurried so as not to miss the train.

  • We needn't have hurried.

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