早 — early, fast

はやい早 early

はやい

U+65E9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #402 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #26 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

early
fast

Readings

On'yomi: そう sou さっ sa
Kun'yomi: はや haya さ sa

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はや・ばや haya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

早(はや) い hayai early 早(はや) め hayame early 早(はや) haya early 早(はや) く hayaku early 早(はや) くから hayakukara from early on いち早(はや) い ichihayai earliest 早(はや) 川(かわ) hayakawa Hayakawa (surname) 足(あし) 早(ばや) ashibaya fast (walking) (usu. adverbially as 〜に)

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

早(そう) 々 sousou promptly 早(そう) 朝(ちょう) souchou early morning 早(そう) 春(しゅん) soushun early spring 早(そう) 期(き) souki early stage 早(そう) 急(きゅう) soukyuu immediate 早(そう) 退(たい) soutai leaving early 早(そう) 熟(じゅく) soujuku precocity 早(そう) 期(き) 治(ち) 療(りょう) soukichiryou early treatment

さっ sa On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

早(さっ) 速(そく) sassoku immediately 早(さっ) 急(きゅう) sakkyuu urgent

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

早稲田(わせだ) waseda Waseda (place/university name) 早稲田大学(わせだだいがく) wasedadaigaku Waseda University

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S = secondary school · 15 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

時期尚早四字熟語

time period, esteem early

早起きは三文の徳諺

Early rising is worth three mon (pennies)

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Composed of

ひ日 sun #72

じゅう十 ten #24

Used as component in (3)

くさ草 grass しょう章 badge たく卓 eminent

Compound ideograph (会意). 日 (sun) above 十 (ten, here a ground line). The sun just rising above the horizon — early morning.

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#72 日 sun

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Readings

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はや・ばや haya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

さっ sa On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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Meanings

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はや ・ばや haya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

さっ sa On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (3)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

はや・ばや haya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).