Chinese Character 快 Meanings and components.

Form

快

Meaning

快 meaning[3] in English

Rapid.

Quick.

Speed.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 快 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and decisive (夬)

Its radical[1] is: 心 (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .心xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with PDK

How to write 快

To write快kuai4rapid you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 夬guai4decisive arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 夬 = 快

快 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 快 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 快, looks as follow:

快
Pinyin:kuai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Rapid . Quick . Speed . Rate . Soon . Almost . To Make Haste . Clever . Sharp (Of Knives Or Wits) . Forthright . Plainspoken . Gratified . Pleased . Pleasant
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
夬
Pinyin:guai4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Decisive
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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