Chinese symbol for “prematurely”
早
zǎo
early; morning; Good morning!; long ago
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prematurely is 早 (zǎo), defined as: early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
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.