ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
急 means hurry
急
急Memory trick
A hand grabbing at your heart (心): hurry, emergency.
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Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) いそぐ isogu
いそぐ (isogu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: いそぎ isogi, せく seku
From Chinese (onyomi) キュウ kyuu
キュウ (kyuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
急ぐ いそぐ · isogu
to hurry, to rush
Built from
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彐 Used in 41 kanji
See all 4 at N5 and N4心 Used in 68 kanji
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What does 急 mean?
Right: 急 means hurry.Not quite: 急 means hurry.In 急ぐ, which reading does 急 use?
Right. 急ぐ is read いそぐ (isogu): 急 takes いそ, its Japanese reading, with ぐ after it.Not quite. 急ぐ is read いそぐ (isogu): 急 takes いそ, its Japanese reading, with ぐ after it.