部
Components

早 means 'early' or 'fast'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 6    Frequency: 347   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-6    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 12    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 153 words   Used in 193 words   Used in 1495 names   Component in 77 kanji (12 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ソウ   サッ
Kun
   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten
Additional readings
Kun    はや   はや-   さ-
Name    さか   さわ   そ   わ
Components
⿱  日 sun; day  十 ten  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
See also
速 fast  
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 早 is used 12 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 早 is used 184 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
Showing:
ソウ : 52 words FIND ALL
そ う ち ょ う 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
early morning
(click the word for examples and links)
サッ : 1 word FIND ALL
さ っ そ く 0 さ っ そ く 4
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
(click the word for examples and links)
はやい : 110 words FIND ALL
は や い 2
1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk  (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
2. early (in the day, etc.); premature  (esp. 早い)
(click the word to view an additional 2 meanings and 4 forms, useful expressions, examples and links)
はやい (read as ばや) : 11 words FIND ALL
す ば や い 3
1. fast; quick; prompt; nimble; agile
2. quick (to understand); sharp (judgement)
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
さ- (read as さ) : 7 words FIND ALL
さ お と め 0
noun
young female rice planter; young girl
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
わ: 3 words. FIND ALL
わ せ だ 1 わ せ だ 0
noun
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, examples and links)
An additional はや.まる less common words include 早 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 早
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 56 (originally: 50)  Joy o' Kanji : 50  Key to Kanji: 657 

Cascading kanji view

早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×