Kanji1 / 9
急 kanji
hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
キュウ
Kun readings
いそぐいそぎせく
Words with 急
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —緊急避妊ピルemergency contraceptive pill
- —緊急雇用対策emergency employment measures; emergency job-creating measures
- —急性放射線症acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation sickness
- —緊急警報放送Emergency Warning System (radio and TV broadcasts); EWS; emergency warning broadcast
- —佐川急便事件Sagawa Express Scandal (1992)
- —急性腎盂腎炎acute pyelonephritis
- —緊急記者会見emergency press conference; hastily called press conference; impromptu press conference
- —特別急行列車limited express train
- —大場より急場play urgent moves before big moves; urgent points before big points
- —急患センターemergency clinic; emergency medical care center
- —東急車輌製造Tokyu Car Corporation
- —東京急行電鉄Tokyu Corporation
- —魔女の宅急便Kiki's Delivery Service (1989 animated film)
- —ゴルフ宅急便golf equipment courier service (provided by Yamato Transport)
- —応急手当を施すto give (a person) first-aid; to administer first aid
- —国際緊急援助隊international disaster relief team; international emergency aid unit
- —風雲急を告げるto have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
- —緊急医療チームemergency medical assistance team; EMAT
- —急性放射線障害acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation damage
- —急性胃粘膜病変acute gastric mucosal lesions; AGML