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急

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 452 / 2,608

Hurry

On’yomi
きゅう
Kun’yomi
いそ
Radical
心 Heart (Kangxi 61)

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

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

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, steepN4
急ぐ いそぐ to hurryN4
急行 きゅうこう speedy, expressN4

急 is rank 452 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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