Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Matthews
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早 zǎo early
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#633
Chapter-33 HSK-A
6 strokes
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Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Tsao is composed of 日 jih sun as radical, over a contraction of 甲 chia one of the cyclical characters, which refers to sprouting vegetation; hence the beginning of day, early. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
早
zǎo
early/morning/Good morning!/long ago/prematurely
Phrases ending with the given character
一yī
大dà
早zǎo
at dawn/at first light/first thing in the morning
一yī
清qīng
早zǎo
early in the morning
一yī
黑hēi
早zǎo
at dawn/early in the morning
大dà
清qīng
早zǎo
early in the morning