Kanji Detail for 遽 - "relay horse, sudden, hasty, fear"

遽

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
遽 means "relay horse, sudden, hasty, fear."
1. Relay horse - A horse used at post stations.
2. Sudden - Abrupt; unexpected.
3. Hasty - Hurried; flustered.
4. 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.
Onyomi

kyo(きょ)
Kunyomi

awatadashi

niwa.ka(にわか)

sumi.yaka(すみやか)
Strokes

20 strokes
Radical

辵辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)
Related Keywords
relay horse post stations sudden abrupt unexpected hasty hurried flustered fear afraid