俊 means “talented, swift”

しゅん · shun

Also: sagacious, genius, excellence

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

A person (亻) beside 夋, a figure striding on quick legs (夂): picture the fastest runner in the village. 俊 is talent and speed: 俊足 is fleet-footed, 俊敏 quick and sharp, and a 俊才 is a prodigy.

Used in 俊足 (shunsoku, fleet-footed), 俊敏 (shunbin, quick/agile), and 俊才 (shunsai, prodigy)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.