| Chinese Text Project |
| 速 U+901F |  Seal script | 跡 Specialized semantic variant | 𧫣 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 辵+ 7 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.450#21 Kangxi: p.1258#10 Cihai: p.1319r2c03 GSR: 1222.i Hanyu: v6,p3838#01 |
| Composition: | Bottom-left: 辶, top-right: 束. Component of: 𨖧 𢳪 𠻣 𫑅 㯈 𨗜 𧜦 𫑋 𮀼 𬩏 𧐒 𬨻 𨘘 𫅯 䔎 𧫻 𫑐 𨄞 𨘱 𬩉 [More] |
| Mandarin: | sù ㄙㄨˋ |
| Cantonese: | cuk1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | suk |
| Shuowen: | 《辵部》速：疾也。从辵束聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·屋·速》速：疾也，召也，戚也，徵也。桑谷切，十八。 《廣韻·入聲·昔·積》速：籀文。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·辵部·七》速：〔古文〕𧫣《廣韻》《集韻》《正韻》蘇谷切《韻會》蘇木切，𠀤音㑛。《說文》疾也。《孟子》王速出令。又《玉篇》召也。《易·需卦》有不速之客三人來。《詩·小雅》以速諸父。又速速，不相親附之貌。《楚辭·九歎》躬速速而不吾親。又與䔩通。速速，陋也。《後漢·蔡邕傳》速速方轂。《註》速速，言鄙陋之小人也。《詩》作䔩䔩。又《正韻》鹿之足跡曰速。《石鼓文》鹿鹿速速。籀作遫。速字从辵作。 考證：〔《楚辭·九歌》躬速速而不吾親。〕謹照原書九歌改九歎。 |
| Fanqie: | 桑谷 (《廣韻·入聲·屋·速》) 資昔 (《廣韻·入聲·昔·積》) |
| Unihan definition: | quick, prompt, speedy |
Example usage
| 《論語·子路》: | 子曰：「無欲速，無見小利。」 |
| The Master said, "Do not be desirous to have things done quickly; do not look at small advantages." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 其進銳者，其退速。 |
| He who advances with precipitation will retire with speed. | |
| 《禮記·檀弓上》: | 子貢曰：「豈若速反而虞乎？」 |
| 'Would it not have been better, if he had come back hastily, to present the offering of repose?' | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 速哉，七十子之肖仲尼也。 |
| How quickly the seventy disciples became like Confucius! | |
| 《墨子·親士》: | 其直如矢，其平如砥，不足以覆萬物，是故谿陝者速涸，逝淺者速竭，墝埆者其地不育。 |
| As to the chieftain of only a thousand people, he is straight like an arrow and smooth like a whetstone, unable to tolerate the manifold ways. For narrow gorges clog up rapidly, shallow streams are soon exhausted, and the barren land does not bear fruits. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 散木也，以為舟則沈，以為棺槨則速腐，以為器則速毀，以為門戶則液樠，以為柱則蠹。 |
| It is quite useless. A boat made from its wood would sink; a coffin or shell would quickly rot; an article of furniture would soon go to pieces; a door would be covered with the exuding sap; a pillar would be riddled by insects. | |
| 《商君書·墾令》: | 然則往速徠疾，則業不敗農。 |
| The expedition backward and forward will thus be quick and then this occupation will not harm agriculture. | |
| 《孫子兵法·作戰》: | 故兵聞拙速，未睹巧之久也。 |
| Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays. | |
| 《詩經·行露》: | 誰謂女無家、何以速我獄。 |
| Who can say that you did not get me betrothed? How else could you have urged on this trial? | |
| 《尚書·太甲中》: | 欲敗度，縱敗禮，以速戾于厥躬。 |
| By my desires I was setting at nought all rules of conduct, and violating by my self-indulgence all rules of propriety, and the result must have been speedy ruin to my person. | |
| 《周易·䷄需》: | 上六：入于穴，有不速之客三人來，敬之終吉。 |
| The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject entered into the cavern. (But) there are three guests coming, without being urged, (to his help). If he receive them respectfully, there will be good fortune in the end. | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 行遠疾速，而不可託訊者與？ |
| 《說苑·至公》: | 周公卜居曲阜，其命龜曰：『作邑乎山之陽，賢則茂昌，不賢則速亡。』 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 《詩》曰：「雖速我訟，亦不爾從。」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 故君子欲言之見信也者，莫若先虛其內也，欲政之速行也者，莫若以身先之也。 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 故自古至於今，與民為讎者，有遲有速，而民必勝之。 |
| 《新序·節士》: | 吾聞國君之子蛇，繞左輪者速得國。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 倦立而思遠，不如速行之必至也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 曰：「匹夫熒侮諸侯者，罪應誅，請右司馬速加刑焉。」 |
| 《潛夫論·考績》: | 是故世主不循考功而思太平，此猶欲舍規矩而為方圓，無舟楫而欲濟大水，雖或云縱，然不知循其慮度之易且速也。 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 賈生曰：「天不可與期，道不可與謀，遲速有命，焉識其時？」 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 敢辱高位以速官謗？ |
| 《孔叢子·刑論》: | 文子曰：「以御言之，右手執轡，左手運策，不亦速乎？」 |
| 《新語·輔政》: | 故懷剛者久而缺，持柔者久而長，躁疾者為厥速，遲重者為常存，尚勇者為悔近，溫厚者行寬舒，懷促急者必有所虧，柔懦者制剛強，小慧者不可以禦大，小辯者不可以說眾，商賈巧為販賣之利，而屈為貞良，邪臣好為詐偽，自媚飾非，而不能為公方，藏其端巧，逃其事功。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·曆數議》: | 上言當用命曆序甲寅元，公卿百寮，參議正處，竟不施行，且三光之行，遲速進退，不必若一，術家以算追而求之，取合于當時而已。 |
| 《列子·楊朱》: | 孟孫陽曰：『若然，速亡愈於久生。』 |
| 《鶡冠子·世兵》: | 水激則旱，矢激則遠，精神回薄，振蕩相轉，遲速有命，必中三五，合散消息，孰識其時。 |
| 《文始真經·七釜》: | 關尹子曰：「人之一呼一吸，日行四十萬里，化可謂速矣。」 |
| 《列仙傳·騎龍鳴》: | 紆轡故鄉，告以速移。 |
| 《韓非子·喻老》: | 凡御之所貴，馬體安於車，人心調於馬，而後可以進速致遠。 |
| 《管子·形勢解》: | 小人者，枉道而取容，適主意而偷說，備利而偷得，如此者，其得之雖速，禍患之至亦急，故聖人去而不用也。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 輕進速退，弊而勞之，勿與戰爭，其軍可敗。 |
| 《六韜·兵道》: | 太公曰：「兵勝之術，密察敵人之機而速乘其利，復疾擊其不意。」 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 軍旅之固，不失行列之政，不絕人馬之力，遲速不過誡命。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 柱不可以摘齒，筐不可以持屋，馬不可以服重，牛不可以追速，鉛不可以為刀，銅不可以為弩，鐵不可以為舟，木不可以為釜。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·貴直》: | 士之速弊一若此乎？ |
| 《史記·吳太伯世家》: | 說晏平仲曰：「子速納邑與政。」 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 衛莊公娶于齊東宮得臣之妹，曰莊姜，美而無子，衛人所為賦碩人也，又娶于陳，曰厲媯，生孝伯，早死，其娣戴媯，生桓公，莊姜以為己子，公子州吁，嬖人之子也，有寵而好兵，公弗禁，莊姜惡之，石碏諫曰，臣聞愛子，教之以義方，弗納于邪，驕奢淫泆，所自邪也，四者之來，寵祿過也，將立州吁，乃定之矣，若猶未也，階之為禍，夫寵而不驕，驕而能降，降而不憾，憾而能眕者，鮮矣，且夫賤妨貴，少陵長，遠間親，新間舊，小加大，淫破義，所謂六逆也，君義，臣行，父慈，子孝，兄愛，弟敬，所謂六順也，去順效逆，所以速禍也，君人者，將禍是務去，而速之，無乃不可乎，弗聽，其子厚與州吁游，禁之不可，桓公立，乃老。 |
| 《逸周書·官人解》: | 志色辭氣，其入人甚俞，進退工故，其與人甚巧，就人甚速，叛人甚易，曰位志者也。 |
| 《國語·楚語下》: | 若來而無寵，速其怒也。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 其僕曰：「嚮之去何速？」 |
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