速 Kanji – quick
The Japanese kanji 速 can mean quick, fast.
Meaning and Readings
How is 速 read?
速 has the onyomi reading ソク and the kunyomi readings はやい, はや-, はやめる, すみやか.
In romaji, these readings can be written as soku, hayai, haya, hayameru, sumiyaka.
Common Japanese Words Using 速
These common Japanese words contain 速. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 加速（かそく） — acceleration, speeding up
- 快速（かいそく） — high speed, rapidity
- 急速（きゅうそく） — rapid (e.g. progress)
- 減速（げんそく） — deceleration
- 高速（こうそく） — high-speed, rapid, express
- 高速道路（こうそくどうろ） — highway, freeway, expressway, motorway
- 時速（じそく） — speed (per hour)
- 失速（しっそく） — stall
- 迅速（じんそく） — quick, fast, rapid, swift, prompt, streamlined, expedited, expeditious
- 拙速（せっそく） — rough-and-ready, knocked-up, hasty, slipshod, slapdash