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Chinese symbol for “precocious”

早熟
zǎo shú
precocious; early-maturing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for precocious is 早熟 (zǎo shú), defined as: precocious; early-maturing.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

早 zǎo
early; soon; morning
radical 72 ⽇ · 6 strokes
熟 shú
well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
radical 86 ⽕ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 早熟.

WordPinyinMeaning
早上zǎo shangearly morning; 个 (gè)
早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
早已zǎo yǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
早期zǎo qīearly period; early phase; early stage
早晨zǎo chénearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
早餐zǎo cānbreakfast; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì)
成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen
熟悉shú xīto be familiar with; to know well

See also: Japanese symbol for “precocious”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.