早
early; fast
6 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 402.
Readings
- はやい (kun reading): 早い (はやい) early; 素早い (すばやい) quick
- はや (kun reading): 早め (はやめ) early; 早起き (はやおき) getting up early
- ソウ (on reading): 早朝 (そうちょう) early morning; 早期 (そうき) early stage
- サッ (on reading): 早速 (さっそく) at once; 早速ですが (さっそくですが) jumping straight to the business, ...
- はやめる (kun reading): 早める (はやめる) to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); 期日を早める (きじつをはやめる) to advance the date (of)
- はやまる (kun reading): 早まる (はやまる) to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours)
- さ (kun reading): 早蕨 (さわらび) freshly budded bracken; 早乙女 (さおとめ) young female rice planter
- Read as a whole word: 早稲田大学 (わせだだいがく) Waseda University; 早稲田 (わせだ) field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice; 早稲田実業学校 (わせだじつぎょうがっこう) Waseda Jitsugyo Gakko
Components
Kanji containing 早
Words using 早
- 早い (はやい) early
- 素早い (すばやい) quick
- 手早い (てばやい) nimble
- 目早い (めばやい) sharp-eyed
- 時期が早い (じきがはやい) before scheduled
- 早め (はやめ) early
- 早起き (はやおき) getting up early
- 早 (はや) already
- 早く (はやく) early
- 早寝 (はやね) go to bed early
- 早朝 (そうちょう) early morning
- 早期 (そうき) early stage
- 早々 (そうそう) as soon as ...
- 早世 (そうせい) dying young
- 早急 (そうきゅう) immediate
- 早速 (さっそく) at once
- 早速ですが (さっそくですが) jumping straight to the business, ...
- 早稲田大学 (わせだだいがく) Waseda University
- 早稲田 (わせだ) field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
- 早稲田実業学校 (わせだじつぎょうがっこう) Waseda Jitsugyo Gakko
- 早稲女 (わせじょ) female student of Waseda University
- 早稲田外語専門学校 (わせだがいごせんもんがっこう) Waseda Foreign Language College
- 早める (はやめる) to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours)
- 期日を早める (きじつをはやめる) to advance the date (of)
- 早まる (はやまる) to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours)
- 早蕨 (さわらび) freshly budded bracken
- 早乙女 (さおとめ) young female rice planter
- 早苗 (さなえ) rice seedling
- 早苗鳥 (さなえどり) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 早緑月 (さみどりづき) first lunar month
- 早う (はよう) early
234 words in all.