迅 means “swift, prompt”

じん · jin

Also: fast

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 6 strokes

The story

Moving along the road (辶) with 卂, an old sign for flying fast: speed in motion. 迅速 is quick and efficient, as in 迅速な対応, a prompt response, and 獅子奮迅 is fighting on with the fury of a lion.

Used in 迅速 (jinsoku, prompt/swift) and 獅子奮迅 (shishi funjin, fighting like a raging lion)

More from Moments & Eras

• 頃 around (a time)
• 漸 gradually
• 紀 chronicle
• 節 joint
• 既 already
• 暫 temporary
• 旬 in season
• 即 immediate
• 瞬 instant
• 恒 constant
• 曽 great- (generation)
• 徐 slowly

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