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快 — rapid; quick; speed

rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever

Pinyin
kuài
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 快: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

快 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 快 in the HSK syllabus: 17

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 快kuàirapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almostHSK 2
  2. 快乐kuàilèhappy; joyfulHSK 2
  3. 快要kuàiyàonearly at the point of; about toHSK 2
  4. 凉快liángkuaipleasantly cool; to cool oneself; to cool offHSK 3
  5. 赶快gǎnkuàiquickly; at onceHSK 4
  6. 加快jiākuàito accelerate; to speed up; to hastenHSK 4
  7. 快餐kuàicānfast food; snack; quick mealHSK 4
  8. 快递kuàidìexpress deliveryHSK 4
  9. 快速kuàisùfast; high-speed; rapidHSK 4
  10. 愉快yúkuàicheerful; happy; pleasant; delightedHSK 4
  11. 尽快jǐnkuàias quickly as possible; as soon as possibleHSK 5
  12. 快捷kuàijiéquick; fast; nimble; agile; shortcutHSK 6
  13. 痛快tòngkuàidelighted; to one's heart's content; straightforwardHSK 6
  14. 欢快huānkuàicheerful and lighthearted; livelyHSK 7–9
  15. 快活kuàihuohappy; cheerfulHSK 7–9
  16. 勤快qínkuaidiligent; hardworkingHSK 7–9
  17. 爽快shuǎngkuairefreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforwardHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.