早

早 — early, fast

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 6
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #402 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: そう sou

さっ sa
Kun'yomi: はや.い haya.i

はや haya

はや- haya-

はや.まる haya.maru

はや.める haya.meru

さ- sa-

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 早

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