King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “allegro”

快板
kuài bǎn
kuaiban (traditional Chinese rhythmic storytelling accompanied by bamboo clappers); bamboo clappers used in kuaiban; (music) allegro

The closest CC-CEDICT match for allegro is 快板 (kuài bǎn), defined as: kuaiban (traditional Chinese rhythmic storytelling accompanied by bamboo clappers); bamboo clappers used in kuaiban; (music) allegro.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

快 kuài
speedy, rapid, quick; soon
radical 61 ⼼ · 7 strokes
板 bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 快板.

WordPinyinMeaning
快乐 (快樂)kuài lèhappy; joyful
快速kuài sùfast; high-speed; rapid
尽快 (儘快)jǐn kuàias quickly as possible; as soon as possible
加快jiā kuàito accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
赶快 (趕快)gǎn kuàiquickly; at once
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
地板dì bǎnfloor
板块 (板塊)bǎn kuàislab; (geology) tectonic plate

See also: Japanese symbol for “allegro”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.