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Chinese symbol for “premature”

过早
guò zǎo
Traditional: 過早
premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast

The closest CC-CEDICT match for premature is 过早 (guò zǎo), defined as: premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast.

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

过 guò
pass; to go across, to pass through
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes
早 zǎo
early; soon; morning
radical 72 ⽇ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “premature”

WordPinyinMeaning
为时过早 (為時過早)wéi shí guò zǎopremature; too soon
先期xiān qīthe time before a certain date; in advance; beforehand; premature; initial period
不足月bù zú yuèpremature (birth, child)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 过早.

WordPinyinMeaning
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
过去 (過去)guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
过程 (過程)guò chéngcourse of events; process
超过 (超過)chāo guòto surpass; to exceed
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “premature”.

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.