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Kanji Detail for 遽 - "relay horse, sudden, hasty, fear"
遽
- Meaning
遽 means "relay horse, sudden, hasty, fear."
Relay horse - A horse used at post stations.
Sudden - Abrupt; unexpected.
Hasty - Hurried; flustered.
Fear - To be afraid.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
fear; agitation; confusion; hurry
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
suddenly, unexpectedly; at once
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
hurry; fast; suddenly
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
rapid, sudden, unexpected
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Rapid. Having an urgent, hurried appearance. As in 急遽 (hasty), 忽遽 (sudden). Something happening abruptly is called 遽爾如此. | Frightened. The meaning of being flustered and at a loss. As in 惶遽 (alarmed), 駭遽 (startled). | Postal relay. By carriage is called 傳, by horse is called 遽. "Messenger officials" (傳遽之臣) is found in the Book of Rites.
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