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早
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early

HSK 1 N3
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zǎo
ソウ、サッ
はや.い、はや、はや-、はや.まる、はや.める、さ-
조
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 棗 represents the sound. The form of the original phonetic component 棗 was abbreviated to look like 十.
Components
日 day+ 棗 jujube =
早 early
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
棗 Phonetic component
jujube
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering旬 decameron旭 rising sun
Historical Evolution
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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)
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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)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
早
Regular
Modern
Chinese
早 [zǎo]
early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
Japanese
早 はや 同音
  1. adverb already; now; by this time
  2. n-prefn-sufnoun quick; early; fast; rapid
早よ 、 早 はよ 同音
  1. adverb usually kanacolloquialabbrev. early; quickly; soon (slang, ksb, arch. equiv. of 早く)
  2. noun early morning; early hour; early in the day
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
早熟れの早腐り。
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
Japanese Names
早 さき
Saki female given name
早 そう
Sou place name
早 そうさき
Sousaki surname
早 たかはや
Takahaya surname
早 はや
Haya female given namesurname
早 はやさき
Hayasaki surname
早 はやざき
Hayazaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (131)
早上 [zǎo​shang] #655
early morning
早就 [zǎo​jiù] #1,890
already at an earlier time
早餐 [zǎo​cān] #2,027
breakfast
早晨 [zǎo​chén] #2,366
early morning
早已 [zǎo​yǐ] #6,819
long ago
早安 [zǎo​'ān] #3,851
Good morning!
早期 [zǎo​qī] #6,707
early period
早点 [zǎo​diǎn] #3,855
breakfast
早点 [zǎo​diǎn] #3,855
breakfast
明早 [míng​zǎo] #3,121
tomorrow morning
121 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 早い [はやい] #160
fast
⭐ 早速 [さっそく] #1,857
at once
⭐ 素早い [すばやい] #2,282
quick
⭐ 早々 [そうそう] #3,883
as soon as ...
早め [はやめ] #3,889
early
一刻も早く [いっこくもはやく] #4,850
immediately
⭐ 早朝 [そうちょう] #5,214
early morning
⭐ 足早 [あしばや] #6,128
fast (walking)
⭐ 手早い [てばやい] #6,220
nimble
⭐ 早口 [はやくち] #6,711
fast-talking
190 more items
KOREAN WORDS (6)
조로
progeria
조루
premature ejaculation
조숙
early maturity
조조
early bird
조퇴
leaving work early; leaving school early
조혼
early marriage