早上 (zǎo shang)

Character breakdown

• 早 (zǎo) · 6 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 棗 represents the sound. The form of the original phonetic component 棗 was abbreviated to look like 十.

• 上 (shǎng) · 3 strokes

  Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 下.

Example sentences

1. 早上好！ — Good morning!
2. 早上好。 — Good morning.
3. 大家早上好。 — Good morning, everybody.
4. 早上要早起。 — Get up early in the morning.
5. 今天早上冷。 — It's cold this morning.

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