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早

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 391 / 2,608

Early

On’yomi
そう、さっ
Kun’yomi
はや
Radical
日 Sun (Kangxi 72)

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

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

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 earlyN5
早める はやめる to hasten;to quicken;to expedite;to precipitate;to accelerateN1
早口 はやくち fast-talkingN2

早 is rank 391 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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