Character: 速
Modern (Beijing) reading: sù
Preclassic Old Chinese: sōk
Classic Old Chinese: sōk
Western Han Chinese: sōk
Eastern Han Chinese: sōk
Early Postclassic Chinese: sōk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sōk
Late Postclassic Chinese: swōk
Middle Chinese: suk
English meaning : to urge, invite
Russian meaning[s]: 1) скоро; скорый, ускоренный, поспешный; ускорять, торопить; скорость; 2) звать, приглашать
Comments: Also means 'rapid, quick' - a meaning obviously related to 'urge' and probably original ('urge' < 'hasten'), but attested only since Late Zhou.
Radical: 162
Four-angle index: 6574
Karlgren code: 1222 i-j
Shijing occurrences: 17.2, 17.3
