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速 means 'fast'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 631   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-15    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 28    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 56 words   Used in 270 words   Used in 137 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ソク
Kun
   はやい fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy
Additional readings
Kun    はや-   はやめる
Name    わ
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  束 bundle  
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See also
早 early; fast  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 速 is used 17 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 速 is used 262 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
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ソク : 224 words FIND ALL
そ く ど 1
Most common form: そくど
noun
speed; velocity; rate
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ソク (read as そっ) : 15 words FIND ALL
そ っ き ゅ う 0
noun
fastball
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はやい : 18 words FIND ALL
は や さ 1
noun
1. speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity  (esp. 速さ)
2. earliness  (esp. 早さ)
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すみやか : 2 words FIND ALL
す み や か 2
speedy; prompt; smooth
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はやい (read as ばや) : 2 words FIND ALL
あ し ば や い 4
swift-footed; light-footed
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わ: 1 word. FIND ALL
な に わ 0
Most common form: 難波
noun
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
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An additional はや.まる less common words include 速 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 352 (originally: 534)  Joy o' Kanji : 534  Key to Kanji: 680 

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速
ソク   はやい fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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束
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
⻌
move
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