快

快 U+5FEB, 快 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FEB ← 忪 [U+5FEA] CJK Unified Ideographs 忬 → [U+5FEC]

Stroke order

快 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心木大 (PDK), four-corner 9503₀, composition ⿰忄夬)

• 𫪎, 𢭴, 𧋿, 𮛞, 𭧚, 𭝞, 𪬭, 𬜴, 筷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 377, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10369
• Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2278, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5FEB

trad.		快
simp. #		快

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷraːds) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 夬 (OC *kʷraːds).

Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

快

1. pleased; happy

   Synonym: 樂／乐 (lè)

   快感  ―  kuàigǎn  ―  pleasure

   大快人心  ―  dàkuàirénxīn  ―  to the great satisfaction of the people

2. forthright; plainspoken

   心直口快  ―  xīnzhíkǒukuài  ―  frank and outspoken

3. rapid; quick; speedy; fast

   Synonym: 速 (sù)

   師傅，能不能再開快一點？ [MSC, trad.]
   师傅，能不能再开快一点？ [MSC, simp.]

   Shīfu, néng bùnéng zài kāi kuài yī diǎn? [Pinyin]

   Sir, can you please go faster?

   快啲啦！ [Cantonese]  ―  faai³ di¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Hurry up!

4. (of knives, scissors, axes, etc.) sharp; sharp-edged

   Synonym: 鈍／钝 (dùn)

   把刀磨快  ―  bǎ dāo mó kuài  ―  to sharpen the knife

   快刀斬亂麻／快刀斩乱麻  ―  kuàidāozhǎnluànmá  ―  to cut the Gordian knot (literally, “to cut the messy ropes with a sharp knife”)

5. keen; quick-witted

   反應快／反应快  ―  fǎnyìng kuài  ―  quick in response

   腦子快／脑子快  ―  nǎozǐ kuài  ―  quick-witted

6. quickly; hurriedly

   快來幫忙！／快来帮忙！  ―  Kuài lái bāngmáng!  ―  Come and help quickly!

7. to be about to; almost

   我快到了。  ―  Wǒ kuài dào le.  ―  I am about to arrive.

   快八點了。／快八点了。  ―  Kuài bādiǎn le.  ―  It's almost 8.

8. (of time zones) to be ahead of

   Antonym: 慢 (màn)

   香港快倫敦八個鐘。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   香港快伦敦八个钟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   hoeng¹ gong² faai³ leon⁴ deon¹ baat³ go³ zung¹. [Jyutping]

   Hong Kong is eight hours ahead of London.

9. (dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the near future tense.

   落下來快哉。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   落下来快哉。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   From: 2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)

   It's about to fall down.

• (quick):

• 慢 (màn)

• (Old Shanghainese): Unlike other Chinese languages, Northern Wu can mark for tenses as well as aspects. 快 is to be used behind the main verb, unlike most other grammatical particles.

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: こころよい (kokoroyoi, 快い, Jōyō)、うれしい (ureshii, 快しい)、はやい (hayai, 快い)

Kanji in this term
快
かい Grade: 5
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 快 (MC khwaejH).

• (Tokyo) かい [káꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

快(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

1. pleasant, pleasing, comfortable, enjoyable
2. fast, quick (in a pleasing way)
3. sharp (of knives); clever (of wits)
4. recovery (from illness, of health)

快(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

1. (literary) pleasure; delight; enjoyment

快 (eumhun 쾌할 쾌 (kwaehal kwae))

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快: Hán Nôm readings: khoái, khuấy, khoáy, sướng

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