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Chinese symbol for “hurried”

急速
jí sù
hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hurried is 急速 (jí sù), defined as: hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development).

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Characters and stroke order

急 jí
anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes
速 sù
prompt, quick, speedy
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “hurried”

WordPinyinMeaning
卞biànhurried
急匆匆jí cōng cōnghurried; hasty
匆cōnghurried; hasty
行色匆匆xíng sè cōng cōnghurried; in a haste
急jíurgent; pressing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 急速.

WordPinyinMeaning
紧急 (緊急)jǐn jíurgent; emergency
应急 (應急)yìng jíto respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency
急剧 (急劇)jí jùrapid; sudden
着急 (著急)zháo jíto worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry
急需jí xūto urgently need; urgent need
急救jí jiùto give emergency treatment; first aid
速度sù dùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
快速kuài sùfast; high-speed; rapid

See also: Japanese symbol for “hurried”.

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.