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夙
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

early in morning

HSK 10
Abstract →Time
sù
シュク
つとに、はやい
숙
Pictograph of a person working underneath the moon (夕) in the early morning when the moon is still visible.
Components
丮 catch+ 夕 dusk =
夙 early in morning
丮 Iconic component
jǐ catch
Here depicts a person working.
夕 Iconic component
xī dusk
evening, night, dusk
Notes
Similar Characters
埶 art執 clench (trad/jp)孰 who? which? what?执 hold in hand (simp)巩 secure (simp)名 name夜 night夢 dream (trad/jp)夤 distant place梦 visionary (simp)汐 night tides穸 the gloom of飧 evening拶 pressure (trad/jp)桨 paddle (simp)岁 harvest (simp)罗 net for catching birds (simp)矽 obsolete
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
夙
Regular
Modern
Chinese
夙 [sù]
morning; early; long-held; long-cherished
Japanese
夙 、 宿 、 守公 、 守宮 しゅく 同音
noun (explanation) outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
未だき 、 未き 、 夙 まだき 同音
adverb usually kana a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
宿の主人は召使い達にがなりたてた。
The landlord barked at his servants.
Japanese Names
夙 しゅうみ
Shuumi unclassified name
夙 そうはち
Souhachi unclassified name
夙 はやし
Hayashi given name
CHINESE WORDS (17)
夙愿 [sù​yuàn] #27,186
long-cherished wish
夙愿 [sù​yuàn] #27,186
long-cherished wish
夙敌 [sù​dí] #50,114
old foe
夙敌 [sù​dí] #50,114
old foe
夙夜 [sù​yè] #59,328
morning and night
夙兴夜寐 [sù​xīng​yè​mèi] #63,879
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
夙兴夜寐 [sù​xīng​yè​mèi] #63,879
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
夙夜匪懈 [sù​yè​fěi​xiè] #69,881
to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙嫌 [sù​xián] #75,263
old grudge
夙世 [sù​shì]
previous life
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JAPANESE WORDS (6)
夙 [しゅく] #49,701
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
夙に [つとに] #131,556
for a long time
夙夜 [しゅくや] #209,801
from morning till night
夙志 [しゅくし]
long-cherished desire
夙成 [しゅくせい]
precocity
未だき [まだき]
a very short while ago