早
早
“early”
Radical: 日
Strokes: 6
Level: HSK 2
How 早 is built — stacked top over bottom
日
Sun / day · rì
The sun with a dot inside. Time words are full of it: 明 早 晚 时.
十
ten
ten, tenth; complete; perfect
The story behind 早
The sun (日) rising over ten (十, the horizon) = early morning (早).
💡 早上 (zǎoshang) = morning. 早安 (zǎo'ān) = good morning.
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