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早

Kanji · JLPT N4 · Time and seasons

早 Early, Fast

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

そう、さっ

Mostly used when 早 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

はやい、はや、はや-、はやまる、はやめる、さ-

Mostly used when 早 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
6
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 1
Frequency
#402

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).