Zi:快

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[kuài] happy (快​, ​快); fast/quick; sharp; (HDZ:) ​, ​快; …; ​ …; (​)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹kuài* {A} s.v./adv.fast; quick∼ zǒu a, yào chídào le. ∼走啊, 要迟到了。 Hurry up, we're late.soonquick-witted; ingenioussharp (of knives)straightforwardpleased; elated

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 快(​𢘦) kuài ‘happy’ combines ​(​ xīn) ‘heart/feeling’, and ​(​) guài (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​ kuài ‘chopsticks’, formerly wr. 快; ​/​ kuài ‘chunk’, ​ jué ‘decide’.
    Note: 快 kuài ‘fast/quick’, formerly wr. ​𫘝/​.
    HDZ: 快 : kuài : ​, ​快; ​快, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​快 (​快, 快​快​); ​; ​; ​; ​ (​快, ​快) (cf. ​); ​, ​; (​) (​快, ​快); (​) (​快); (​) 快​, ​ (​快​, 快​); ​; ​; (​)
►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
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►Cantonese: faai-
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