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The kanji 早: meaning, readings and stroke order
早
- Meaning
- early
- On reading
- ソウ sou、サッ* sa
- Kun reading
- はや（い） hayai、はや（まる） hayamaru、はや（める） hayameru
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 日 sun, day
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- sớm (tảo)
- Japanese
- じかんが はやい。
- Korean
- 일찍, 이르다 (조)
- Chinese
- 早
Readings, words and example sentences
ソウ sou · on reading
早朝
early morning
早朝に 山を 見に 行きました。
I went to see the mountains early in the morning.
はや（い） hayai · kun reading
早い
early
おきるのが 早いですね。
You get up early!
はや（まる） hayamaru · kun reading
早まる
to become earlier
出かける じかんが 早まりました。
The time to leave got earlier.
はや（める） hayameru · kun reading
早める
to make faster or earlier
足を 早めて あるきます。
I walk faster.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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In Dino Kids your child writes 早 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.