漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
快: cheerful, pleasant
Also: agreeable, comfortable
JLPT N27 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 忄heart(meaning)
- 夬(sound)
忄 carries the meaning · 夬 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 快晴かいせいgood weather
- 快挙かいきょbrilliant achievement
- 快感かいかんpleasant feeling
- 快楽かいらくpleasure
- 快速電車かいそくでんしゃhigh-speed train
- 快適なかいてきなpleasant, comfortable
- 快活なかいかつなcheerful, lively
- 愉快なゆかいなpleasant, happy
- 不快なふかいなunpleasant
- 軽快なけいかいなlight, nimble, jaunty
- 全快するぜんかいするrecover completely (illness)
こころよいkokoroyoi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 快いこころよいpleasant, agreeable
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side快 cheerful · 忄
vs決 decide · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kuài
Same form: 快 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 快 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 快 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kuài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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