急 — hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

Readings

On'yomi

キュウ

Kun'yomi

いそ.ぐいそ.ぎ

Example words

• 緊急きんきゅうurgent; pressing; emergency
• 急きゅう(1) urgent; sudden; abrupt (2) sharp; steep; precipitous (3) rapid; swift; fast (4) emergency; crisis (5) hurrying; haste (6) (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
• 急速きゅうそくrapid (e.g. progress)
• 急激きゅうげきsudden; precipitous; radical
• 特急とっきゅう(1) limited express (train, faster than an express) (2) great hurry
• 急行きゅうこう(1) moving at high speed (2) express (e.g. train that bypasses many stations)
• 急ぐいそぐto hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
• 早急さっきゅうurgent