zǎo

early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely

Radical: 日 HSK 1 ad, a, tg ideographic

Components & Etymology

早 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 早

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 早.

一早
yī zǎo
early in the morning
今早
jīn zǎo
即早
jí zǎo
as soon as possible
及早
jí zǎo
at the earliest possible time
古早
gǔ zǎo
叫早
jiào zǎo
尽早
jǐn zǎo
as early as possible
打早
dǎ zǎo
提早
tí zǎo
ahead of schedule
早上
zǎo shang
early morning
早些
zǎo xiē
a bit earlier
早亡
zǎo wáng
premature death

Related characters (radical 日)

Characters that share the radical .

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