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早

早 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 時間の位置がはやい。時間的にに来る。
  2. 朝。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「日」 + 音符「棗」。「はやい」を意味する漢語｛早｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

early, fast

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウElem.
  • サッJHS
Kun (native)
  • はや(い)Elem.
  • はや
  • はや〜
  • はや(まる)Elem.
  • はや(める)Elem.
  • さ〜
Nanori (used in names)
  • さか
  • さわ
  • そ
  • わ
Other languages
  • 拼音zao3
  • 한글jo
  • Hán-ViệtTảo

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+65E9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱日十

Words using this kanji

  • 早期そうきある時点より早い時期。 はじめの方の時期。early stage
  • 早急そうきゅう何かを非常に急ぐこと。また、そのようなさま。至急。immediate, prompt, quick, rapid
  • 早朝そうちょう朝早く。early morning
  • 早々そうそうas soon as ..., just after ..., immediately after ..., hurriedly
  • 早めるはやめるto bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite
  • 早はやalready, now, by this time, quick
  • 早乙女さおとめyoung female rice planter, young girl
  • 早いはやいはやい 参照fast, quick, rapid, swift
  • 早口はやくち「はやくち」の漢字表記。fast-talking, rapid talking
  • 早瀬はやせswift current, rapids
  • 早春そうしゅん春の初め。初春。early spring
  • 早起きはやおきgetting up early, early rising, early riser, early bird
  • 早速さっそくすぐに。すぐさま。速やかに。 速やかなこと。また、そのようなさま。at once, immediately, without delay, promptly
  • 早まるはやまるto be brought forward (e.g. by three hours), to be moved up, to be advanced, to be hasty
  • 早退そうたい何らかの事由により学校や職場での終業時刻よりも早く退出すること。leaving early
  • 早熟そうじゅく年齢の割に肉体や精神の発達が早いこと。 果物などが、ふつうのものより早く熟すること。precocity, early ripening, premature development
  • 早寝はやねgo to bed early
  • 早くはやくearly, soon, quickly, swiftly
  • 早々はやばやearly, quickly, promptly
  • 早引けはやびけleaving work (office, school) early

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-2
Four Corner
6040.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c2.1
Heisig
26
Nelson
2100