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捷: victory, fast

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · ⺕ is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 奇捷きしょうunexpected victory
  • 捷径しょうけいshortcut; expedient
  • 捷報しょうほうnews of a victory

Also read ソウ, はやい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
⺕

Also built on ⺕

15 in all

Also read ショウ

90 kanji share this on'yomiAll 90

Also read ソウ

56 kanji share this on'yomiAll 56
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jié

Same form: 捷 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
捷 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
捷 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jié 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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