Chinese symbol for “rapid”
快
kuài
rapid; quick; speed; rate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rapid is 快 (kuài), defined as: rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rapid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迅速 | xùn sù | rapid; speedy |
| 急剧 (急劇) | jí jù | rapid; sudden |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 迅 | xùn | rapid; fast |
| 湍急 | tuān jí | rapid (flow of water) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 快.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 快乐 (快樂) | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 尽快 (儘快) | jǐn kuài | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible |
| 加快 | jiā kuài | to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten |
| 赶快 (趕快) | gǎn kuài | quickly; at once |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rapid”.
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.