# 急 — Hurry

Frequency rank 452 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 血 (Blood), less common than 証 (Evidence).

- On’yomi: きゅう
- Kun’yomi: いそ
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A prison (⺈) holds a wolverine (爫) above a heart (心) — your heart races like a caged wolverine when you're in a hurry.

In words:

- 急 きゅう — urgent, steep
- 急ぐ いそぐ — to hurry
- 急行 きゅうこう — speedy, express

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