# 早 — Early

Frequency rank 391 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 送 (Send), less common than 適 (Suitable).

- On’yomi: そう、さっ
- Kun’yomi: はや
- Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The sun (sun) sits on top of a cross (cross) below — the sun rising above the crossroads at dawn, the earliest moment of day, early morning.

In words:

- 早い はやい — early
- 早める はやめる — to hasten;to quicken;to expedite;to precipitate;to accelerate
- 早口 はやくち — fast-talking

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