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kuài HSK2

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Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 快 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

快
快 Sound component
kuài, kuai rapid

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷraːds

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang