早 — Chinese character
早
zǎo
early; soon; morning
- Pinyin
- zǎo
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 日 十
- Formation
- ideographic — The first rays 十 of the sun 日
- Japanese
- 早 as a kanji
Common words with 早
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning; 个 (gè) |
| 早就 | zǎo jiù | already at an earlier time |
| 早已 | zǎo yǐ | for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past |
| 早期 | zǎo qī | early period; early phase; early stage |
| 早晨 | zǎo chén | early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5] |
| 早餐 | zǎo cān | breakfast; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì) |
| 早安 | zǎo ān | Good morning! |
| 早点 (早點) | zǎo diǎn | breakfast |
| 迟早 (遲早) | chí zǎo | sooner or later |
| 提早 | tí zǎo | ahead of schedule; sooner than planned |
| 尽早 (儘早) | jǐn zǎo | as early as possible |
| 早年 | zǎo nián | many years ago; in the past; in one's early years |
English words written with 早
早 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Art of War 1 · Zhuangzi 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 59
- Art of War 12.6
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
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