urgent

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
心 meaning component

  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

及 sound component

  Sound component

  

extend

Evolution

急 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
急 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
急 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

quick, quickly; urgent, pressing; urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious

Most common words with 急
Freq.
Word
Meaning

urgent

紧急

urgent

着急

to worry

应急

to meet a contingency

急性

acute

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k](r)əp

kip

urgent


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 56.6875% of movies

776th most common character in movies

657th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+6025

Shuowen

“,褊也。从心,及聲。”


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