sooner or later
迟 (Chí) · 7 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 尺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遲.
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.