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.

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Originally a notchSemantic
The sunSemantic

Words with 早

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

yī dà zǎo

at dawn

一大早儿

yī dà zǎo r

erhua variant of 一大早[yi1 da4 zao3]

一早

yī zǎo

early in the morning

一清早

yī qīng zǎo

early in the morning

一黑早

yī hēi zǎo

at daybreak

今早

jīn zǎo

this morning

来得早不如来得巧

lái de zǎo bù rú lái de qiǎo

arriving early can't beat coming at the right time

尽早

jǐn zǎo

as early as possible

More characters with 日