急

jí

urgent

pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious

Phonetic (刍) + heart (心) = an urgent, racing heart

刍 lends the sound jí; the heart radical beneath it does the real semantic work. When the heart is racing and pressed, that is urgency.

刍+心→急
刍Originally depicted gatheringPhonetic
心HeartSemantic

这件事很急,我们要马上去做。

zhè jiàn shì hěn jí, wǒmen yào mǎshàng qù zuò。

This matter is very urgent, we need to go do it right away.

他急着出门,连饭都没吃。

tā jí zhe chū mén, lián fàn dōu méi chī。

He was in such a hurry to go out that he did not even eat.

Words with 急

急躁

jí zào

irritable; irascible

气急败坏

qì jí bài huài

flustered and exasperated

急切

jí qiè

eager

急功近利

jí gōng jìn lì

seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return

惊急

jīng jí

stunned and anxious

不急之务

bù jí zhī wù

(idiom) a matter of no great urgency

干着急

gān zháo jí

to worry helplessly

亚急性

yà jí xìng

subacute

人有三急

rén yǒu sān jí

(jocular) to need to answer the call of nature

便急

biàn jí

to need the toilet

倒悬之急

dào xuán zhī jí

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

内急

nèi jí

to need to answer the call of nature

More characters with 刍

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