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N4 kanji · 6 strokes

早 means early

日 sun · 十 the horizon

早Memory trick

The sun (日) just above the horizon: early.

Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.

Meaning and readings

Meanings
early, fast
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
6
School grade
Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) はやい hayai

はやい (hayai) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

Other Japanese readings: はや haya, はやまる hayamaru, はやめる hayameru

From Chinese (onyomi) ソウ sou

ソウ (sou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.

Common word

早い はやい · hayai

early, soon

Built from

Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.

日 Used in 210 kanji

See all 25 at N5 and N4

十 Used in 134 kanji

See all 9 at N5 and N4

The story and the part meanings are Chirami's own. Readings, meanings and the common word come from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, and the strokes from KanjiVG. Spotted a mistake? Email support@brightsmilesolutions.org.