Moto 早: Early; FastKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソウ、サッ
- Kun'yomi
- はや(い)、はや、はや-、はや(まる)、はや(める)、さ-
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 282 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソウ・サッ)
- 早期そうきearly stage
- 早急そうきゅうimmediate; prompt
- 早朝そうちょうearly morning
- 時期尚早じきしょうそうpremature
- 早婚そうこんearly marriage; marrying young
- 早慶戦そうけいせんWaseda-Keio (baseball) game
- 早春そうしゅんearly spring
- 早晩そうばんsooner or later; in time
- 早期治療そうきちりょうearly treatment
- 早熟そうじゅくprecocity; early ripening
- 早産そうざんpremature birth
- 早計そうけいoverhasty; rash
- 早退そうたいleaving early
- 早速さっそくat once; immediately
- できる限り早期できるかぎりそうきas soon as possible; ASAP
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 早めるはやめるto bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance
- 早はやalready; now
- 早乙女さおとめyoung female rice planter; young girl
- 素早いすばやいquick; swift
- 早いはやいfast; quick
- 早口はやくちfast-talking; rapid talking
- 足早あしばやfast (walking); quick
- 早瀬はやせswift current; rapids
- できるだけ早くできるだけはやくas soon as possible
- 手っ取り早いてっとりばやいquick; prompt
- 手早いてばやいnimble; quick
- 早くはやくearly; soon
- 早まってはやまってin one's hurry
- 早まるはやまるto be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up
- 早出はやでearly arrival
- 早咲きはやざきearly blooming; early flowering
- 早場米はやばまいrice from an early harvest; early rice
- 早変わりはやがわりquick change; quick transformation
- 早寝はやねgo to bed early
- 早引けはやびけleaving work (office, school) early
- 早業はやわざquick work; (clever) feat
- 早苗さなえrice seedling
- 早起きはやおきearly rising
- 早道はやみちshortcut
- 矢継ぎ早やつぎばやrapid succession (e.g. questions)
- いち早くいちはやくpromptly; quickly
- が早いかがはやいかno sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...
- す早いすばやいquick; swift
- できる限り早いできるかぎりはやいas soon as possible; at the earliest time
- なるべく早くなるべくはやくas soon as possible; as quickly as possible
- なる早なるはやas soon as possible; ASAP
- のみ込みが早いのみこみがはやいquick-witted; quick to understand
- ひと足早いひとあしはやいslightly early; just before
- 一刻も早くいっこくもはやくimmediately; as soon as possible
- 一日も早いいちにちもはやいspeedy; as rapid as possible
- 一日も早くいちにちもはやくas soon as possible; without further delay
Other readings
- 早々そうそうas soon as...; just after...
- お早うおはようgood morning
- お早うございますおはようございますgood morning
- 早引きはやびけleaving work (office, school) early
- 早稲わせearly ripening rice
- 最早もはやalready; now
- ケンカっ早いけんかっぱやいquarrelsome; easy to anger
- ケンカ早いけんかばやいquarrelsome; easy to anger
- モズの早贄もずのはやにえbutcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption
Showing the 60 most common of 282 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 早
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