快 (kuài) — Chinese Character

快

kuài

rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant

Radical: 忄 HSK 1 a, d, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

快 decomposes into the following components:

忄夬

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 快.

不快

bù kuài

unhappy

凉快

liáng kuai

nice and cold

加快

jiā kuài

to accelerate

勤快

qín kuài

diligent

嘴快

zuǐ kuài

外快

wài kuài

尽快

jǐn kuài

as quickly as possible

快乐

kuài lè

happy

快件

kuài jiàn

快信

kuài xìn

letter by express mail

快充

kuài chōng

快取

kuài qǔ

cache (computing)

Characters that share the radical 忄.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.