疾

rapidly

Lv 54

Strokes: 10

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

rapidly RTKRapid

Community Mnemonic

▲ 496 votes

I picture a sick caveman, and two people rapidly blowing darts at him. One is blowing poison darts, the other is blowing antidote darts. Will the sick caveman live or die? Depends on how rapidly they fire.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

矢dart

On'yomi

しつ

Kun'yomi

はや

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