早い

Kanji 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.

• い

Example sentences

1. 早いじゃん。 — You are early.
2. 早い方がいい。 — The earlier the better.
3. 朝は早いですよ。 — I get up early in the morning.
4. まだちょっと早いよ。 — It's still a bit early.
5. 早ければ早いほどいい。 — The sooner, the better.

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