Kanji: 早

    • Meaning : early,fast
    • ON reading : ソウ,サッ
    • KUN reading : はや.い,はや,はや-,はや.まる,はや.める,さ-
    • Nanori : さか,さわ,そ,わ
    • Stroke count : 6
    • Frequency of use ranking : 402
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 3
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • うございます - おはようございます - good morning
  • - そうけい - Waseda-Keio
  • つ - はやがねをうつ - to beat fast (of a heart)/to hammer
  • - ちそうじかん - coming late or leaving early time (e.g. on a pay slip)
  • く - いっこくもはやく - immediately/as soon as possible/as quickly as possible
  • く | く | いちく - いちはやく - promptly/quickly/without delay
  • い - あしがはやい - to be fast at walking and running | to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)
  • くとも - はやくとも - at the earliest
  • - くちばや - rapid talking
  • - もはや - already/now
  • い - てのはやい - fast working | fast in forming relationships with women | quick to resort to violence
  • い - みみのはやい - quick-eared
  • い - きのはやい - short-tempered/quick-tempered/hasty
  • い - じきがはやい - before scheduled/earlier than expected
  • - じきしょうそう - premature
  • - じきしょうそう - before its time
  • | - しっぷう | はやて - squall/gale/hurricane
  • | よ - はよ - early
  • い - てばやい - nimble/quick/agile
  • い | できるい - できるかぎりはやい - as soon as possible/at the earliest time
  • う - はよう - early
  • できる | - できるかぎりそうき - as soon as possible/ASAP
  • - しょうそう - prematurity
  • い - はやぐい - eating quickly/speed-eating
  • い | い - すばやい - fast/quick/prompt/nimble/agile | quick (to understand)/sharp (judgement)
  • く | く - はやく - early/soon | quickly/swiftly/rapidly/fast
  • - そうき - early stage
  • - はやみ - chart/table
  • - はやせ - swift current/rapids
  • 退 - そうたい - leave early
  • - そうろう - premature ejaculation
  • とちり - はやとちり - jumping to a conclusion
  • き - はやおき - early rising
  • | - はやくち | はやぐち - fast-talking/rapid talking
  • り - はやおくり - fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
  • - そうちょう - early morning
  • け | き - はやびけ | はやびき - leaving work (office, school) early
  • - そうけい - over hasty/rash
  • - そうじゅく - precocious
  • - さっそく - at once/immediately/without delay/promptly
  • に - はやめに - ahead of time
  • かれかれ - はやかれおそかれ - sooner or later
  • に - あしばやに - at a quick pace
  • - あしばや - quick-footed/light-footed/quick pace
  • - さなえどり - lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • まる | まる - はやまる - to be hasty/to be rash/to speed up/to gather speed
  • - そうぎょう - daybreak/dawn
  • - はやみみ - insider/keen of hearing
  • | - はやあし | そくほ - quick pace/quick steps/quick march | trot (horse gait)
  • - そうばん - sooner or later/eventually
  • - わせだ | わさだ - field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
  • い | い | い | い - はやい - fast/quick/hasty/brisk | early (in the day, etc.)/premature | (too) soon/not yet/(too) early | easy/simple/quick
  • かろうかろう - はやかろうわるかろう - haste makes waste
  • - そうせい - early completion/maturing early/precocious
  • く - あさはやく - early in the morning
  • 退 | 退け - そうたいとどけ - report of early withdrawal (i.e. when one leaves school or work early)
  • - そうきちりょう - early treatment
  • | - しゅれんのはやわざ - dexterous feat/speed and precision of a trained hand
  • えば - てっとりばやくいえば - in a word/to put it briefly/to make a long story short
  • | - ちょっぱや | チョッパヤ - very fast/very early
  • えば - はやくいえば - in a word/to put it briefly/to make a long story short
  • - そうきろうかしょう - progeria (disease characterized by symptoms suggestive of premature aging)
  • るだけく | できるだけく - できるだけはやく - as soon as possible
  • きは | きは - はやおきはさんもんのとく - the early bird gets the worm (lit: to wake up early gets you three (small value) coins)
  • - はやぐいきょうそう - speed-eating contest
  • めに - はやめに - ahead of time/in good season
  • い - てがはやい - to be a quick worker | to be fast in forming relationships with women | to be quick to resort to violence
  • - さっきゅう | そうきゅう - urgent
  • き - はやねはやおき - early to bed early to rise
  • - はやがってん | はやがてん - jumping to a hasty conclusion
  • め - はやめ - (something) early
  • - はやめぐすり - drugs to stimulate childbirth
  • める | める - はやめる - to hasten/to quicken/to expedite/to precipitate/to accelerate
  • | 々 - そうそう | はやばや - early/all in good time | quickly/promptly | just- (opened, started, etc.)
  • ち | ち - はやだち - early-morning departure
  • | - わせ - early ripening rice | early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.) | person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
  • | | - はやわざ - quick work/(clever) feat
  • ければい | ければいほどい - はやければはやいほどよい - the sooner, the better
  • - そうしゅん - early spring
  • - はやね - go to bed early
  • う | おう - おはよう - Good morning
  • い - きがはやい - short-tempered/quick-tempered/hasty
  • が - はやいはなしが - in short/in a nutshell/in a word/to cut a long story short
  • ち - はやうち - quick shot/quick draw
  • く - すばやく - quickly/nimbly/agilely
  • き - はやざき - early blooming/early flowering
  • い | い - みみがはやい - being quick-eared/having sharp ears
  • - そうきかいけつ - early (prompt) settlement/swift resolution/speedy solution
  • | - やつぎばや - rapid succession (e.g. questions)
  • - そうせい - dying young/early death
  • - そうざん - premature birth
  • いか - がはやいか - no sooner ... than .../hardly ... when ...
  • かれかれ - おそかれはやかれ - sooner or later
  • くから - はやくから - early on/earlier on/from early
  • ち - はやいものかち - first come, first served
  • い - てっとりばやい - quick (and easy)/finishing up in a hurry
  • - はやわり - discount for early booking
  • 退 - そうきたいしょくせいど - early retirement program/early retirement programme
  • 退 - そうきたいしょく - early retirement
  • - きばや - quick-tempered/impatient
  • い - けんかばやい - quarrelsome
  • くも - はやくも - already/as early as
  • - はや - already/now/by this time
  • い - めばやい - sharp-eyed
  • し - はやざし - quick game of shogi
  • - はやくちことば - tongue twister
  • - はやで - early arrival
  • に - はやじに - premature death
  • - さなえ - rice seedlings
  • - はやうま - fast horse
  • - そうきしんだん - early diagnosis
  • - はやめし - fast eater/early meal
  • - そうきはっけん - early detection (of an illness)
  • - そうてん - early morning/dawn
  • まれ - はやうまれ - born between January 1st and April 1st
  • - そうろう - premature aging/premature ageing
  • - そうはつせいちほうしょう - schizophrenia
  • - そうこん - early marriage
  • - そうきけいかいき - airborne early-warning system
  • - はやがね - alarm bell
  • かり | かり - はやわかり - quick learner | handbook/guidebook
  • - そうせいじ - premature baby
  • み - はやのみこみ - (drawing) hasty conclusions
  • わり - はやがわり - quick change
  • - そうざんじ - premature baby
  • - はやばん - early arrival
  • | - さおとめ - young female rice planter/young girl
  • し - はやてまわし - early preparations
  • い - はやじまい - early closing
  • - はやみひょう - simplified chart
  • - そうきょういく - early education
  • - はやばまい - early rice
  • - はやみち - shortcut
  • める - きじつをはやめる - to advance the date (of)
  • りがい | りがい - さとりがはやい - being quick to understand
  • きのい - かわきのはやい - fast drying (clothes)
  • きがい - わきがはやい - quick to warm up
  • - そうしゅんふ - Ode to Early Spring
  • - そうとうせん - (baseball) game between Waseda and Tokyo universities
  • く - てっとりばやく - with dispatch/with despatch/expeditiously
  • しチェス - はやざしチェス - speed chess/blitz chess
  • - はやいこと - quickly
  • まって - はやまって - in one's hurry
  • - そうけいせん - Waseda-Keio (baseball) game
  • - そうちょうのちゃく - early-morning arrival
  • - そうめいせん - Waseda-Meiji (baseball) game
  • - はやいところ - promptly