早
zǎo HSK1

early

早 zǎo
early adjective
at an early time or near the beginning of a period

现在还早，我们可以再聊一会儿。

xiàn​zài hái zǎo, wǒ​men kě​yǐ zài liáo yī​huì​r.

It's still early; we can chat for a little longer.

long ago adjective
much earlier than the present; for a long time already

那件事我早就忘得一干二净了。

nà jiàn shì wǒ zǎo jiù wàng de yī​gān'èr​jìng le.

I forgot all about that a long time ago.

morning time word
the first part of the day, typically from sunrise to noon

他为了养家糊口，从早到晚都在忙碌。

tā wèi​le yǎng​jiā​hú​kǒu, cóng zǎo dào wǎn dōu zài máng​lù.

To support his family, he is busy from morning till night.

prematurely adjective
occurring before the expected, proper, or natural time

今年的春天来得快，地里的庄稼熟得早。

jīn​nián de chūn​tiān lái de kuài, dì​lǐ de zhuāng​jia shú de zǎo.

Spring came early this year, so the crops in the fields ripened early.

good morning adjective
a polite greeting used when meeting someone in the morning

老师，早！

lǎo​shī, zǎo!

Good morning, Teacher!

Frequency
Character
Written text
462nd most common 463.2 per million
Movie subtitles
296th most common 558.5 per million appears in 91% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
363.2 per million appears in 73% of films
Written text
204.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+65E9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)