This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソク、はや.い、はや-、はや.める、すみ.やか
Romaji: soku, haya.i, haya-, haya.meru, sumi.yaka
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: wa
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Romaji

Meanings

quick, fast

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  576
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  3-3-7
Korean Reading:  sog
Chinese Reading:  su4
Unicode:  901f
JIS:  422E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3105
Nelson Index: 4700
New Nelson Index: 6060
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q7.4
Four Corner Index: 3530.9
Guide to Remembering Index: 534
Gakken Index: 659
Japanese Names Index: 1237
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38897P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0071
Remembering the kanji Index: 1669
Kanji Flashcards Index: 958
Kodansha Compact Index: 693
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 352
Kanji in Context Index: 383
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1978
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2674
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1685
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1799
Essential Kanji Index: 848
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3851
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1564
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 453
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 360

Words

(そく)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
速度 (そくど)
speed; velocity; rate
早い (はやい)
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
加速 (かそく)
acceleration; speeding up
減速 (げんそく)
deceleration
高速 (こうそく)
high speed; high gear; highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
快速 (かいそく)
high speed; celerity; mobility; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train
急速 (きゅうそく)
rapid (e.g. progress)
速報 (そくほう)
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
最速 (さいそく)
fastest
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