早

zǎo

early

morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely

sun (日) + stem above horizon (十) = early morning

The sun (日) rising above the ten (十), read as a stemlike horizon, captures the moment dawn breaks. Being early means catching the sun at its very first appearance above the world.

日+十→早
十Originally a notchSemantic
日The sunSemantic

你今天来得很早。

nǐ jīn tiān lái de hěn zǎo。

You came very early today.

这件事我早就知道了。

zhè jiàn shì wǒ zǎo jiù zhī dào le。

I knew about this matter long ago.

Words with 早

早熟

zǎo shú

precocious; early-maturing

大清早

dà qīng zǎo

early in the morning

早期

zǎo qī

early period; early phase; early stage

早上好

zǎo shang hǎo

Good morning!

早饭

zǎo fàn

breakfast

早泄

zǎo xiè

premature ejaculation

这早晚儿

zhè zǎo wǎn r

now

过早

guò zǎo

premature; untimely

迟早

chí zǎo

sooner or later

丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆

chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)

一大早儿

yī dà zǎo r

erhua variant of 一大早[yi1 da4 zao3]

一大早

yī dà zǎo

at dawn

More characters with 日

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