急
hurry, sudden
- クbent person
- ヨhand
- 心heart
- kun
- いそ.ぐiso.gu
- on
- キュウkyū
mnemonic
A BENT PERSON (ク) reaches a HAND (ヨ) out to clutch their HEART (心): a SUDDEN pain, HURRY to the doctor! "Kyū" (キュウ) as in kyūkō, an express train, and kyūkyūsha, an ambulance.
examples
- 急ぐいそぐisoguto hurry
- 急にきゅうにkyūnisuddenly
- 急行きゅうこうkyūkōexpress train