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Pronunciation

Mandarin	zǎo
Cantonese (Jyutping)	zou2
反切 Fanqie	子浩切
Japanese Kun	hayai, haya, sa
Japanese On	sou, satsu
Korean (Hangul)	조
Korean (Yale)	co
Vietnamese	tảo

Meaning

Definition

early; soon; morning

Character Rank

Traditional	513
Simplified	456
常用字表	462
Hong Kong Grade Level	1
HSK v.3 Level	1
HSK v.3 Writing Level	1

Common Words With This Character  

早点	zǎodiǎn	breakfast
早日	zǎorì	soon; shortly; on a day quite soon; promptly
早晚	zǎowǎn	morning and evening; sooner or later
早已	zǎoyǐ	long ago; for a long time
早晨	zǎochén	early morning
一大早	yī dàzǎo	at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	日 (#72:sun)
Shuowen Radical	日
Look-Alikes	旱
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+65E9
Big 5	A6AD
GB2312	D4E7

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	aj
Four Corner	6040.0
WuBi 86	jhnh
WuBi 98	jhnh