Zi:快
快 [kuài] happy (快乐, 愉快); fast/quick; sharp; (HDZ:) 高兴, 愉快; …; 迅速 …; (姓)
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹kuài* 快 {A} s.v./adv. ①fast; quick ‖ ∼ zǒu a, yào chídào le. ∼走啊, 要迟到了。 Hurry up, we're late. ②soon ③quick-witted; ingenious ④sharp (of knives) ⑤straightforward ⑥pleased; elated
The Shuōwén Seal form of 快(𢘦) kuài ‘happy’ combines 忄(心 xīn) ‘heart/feeling’, and 夬(叏) guài (phonosemantic).
Compare: 筷 kuài ‘chopsticks’, formerly wr. 快; 块/塊 kuài ‘chunk’, 决 jué ‘decide’.
Note: 快 kuài ‘fast/quick’, formerly wr. 𫘝/駃.
HDZ: 快 : kuài : 高兴, 愉快; 畅快, 舒畅; 秤心, 遂意; 直爽, 爽快 (心直口快, 快人快语); 锋利; 放纵; 好; 迅速 (跑得快, 进步快) (cf. 駃); 会, 能; (旧) (捕快, 马快); (旧) (叉快); (副词) 快要, 将要 (天快亮了, 快竣工了); 筷; 一; (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:386.36; Karlgren:AD440,GSR312k; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2278.11; Mathews:3547; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:377.29; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:061.0.04; EDOC:1
►components: 忄夬
►Cantonese: faai-
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Unicode: U+5FEB
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