Today’s #kanji is #速, which is made of its semantic element of #しんにょう（辶）and phonetic element of 束. 束 also has the meaning of “busy” and/or “restless.” Then can you guess what 速 means then?
Meaning: fast, speedy
Reading: ソク（ソッ）、はや（ばや）、すみ
速記（ソッキ）; [noun] shorthand (writing)
速達（ソクタツ）: [noun] express delivery
速度（ソクド）: [noun] speed, velocity
加速（カソク）: [noun] acceleration
急速（キュウソク）: [なadj] rapid, swift, quick, speedy
高速（コウソク）: [noun] high speed
早速（サッソク）: [adv] at once, immediately, outright
速（はや）い: [いadj] quick, fast, swift, speedy
cf. 早（はや）い: [いadj] early
口（くち）速（ばや）: [なadj] fast-speaking, quick-tongued (also written 口早)
速（すみ）やか: [なadj] rapid, speedy, prompt, immediate
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