Read Edit View history 早 zǎo HSK1 early Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 棗 represents the sound. The form of the original phonetic component 棗 was abbreviated to look like 十. Pinyin Separate values with commas zǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 早 Simp strokes 早 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 早 Simp strokes 早 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 早 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 291, 757 ], [ 327, 730 ], [ 342, 704 ], [ 373, 555 ], [ 397, 487 ] ], [ [ 347, 747 ], [ 380, 739 ], [ 478, 759 ], [ 610, 775 ], [ 662, 773 ], [ 677, 764 ], [ 702, 731 ], [ 676, 668 ], [ 631, 511 ] ], [ [ 394, 610 ], [ 403, 620 ], [ 490, 639 ], [ 558, 649 ], [ 579, 643 ] ], [ [ 418, 500 ], [ 427, 509 ], [ 588, 532 ], [ 609, 542 ] ], [ [ 103, 336 ], [ 167, 317 ], [ 412, 351 ], [ 839, 388 ], [ 868, 384 ], [ 926, 361 ] ], [ [ 462, 497 ], [ 505, 467 ], [ 509, 457 ], [ 503, -26 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 341 752 Q 319 764 295 768 Q 288 769 283 764 Q 276 757 286 747 Q 328 690 345 560 Q 354 490 395 471 Q 411 468 412 493 L 410 518 Q 406 540 389 602 L 384 628 Q 384 631 384 632 Q 375 678 371 716 C 369 738 368 739 341 752 Z", "M 610 518 Q 611 514 613 509 Q 619 491 632 493 Q 647 494 655 510 Q 670 531 696 628 Q 714 683 753 715 Q 774 733 756 749 Q 737 768 684 796 Q 671 805 595 791 Q 571 791 438 767 Q 380 757 341 752 C 311 748 343 706 371 716 Q 404 734 608 754 Q 636 755 647 750 Q 659 743 652 707 Q 627 580 616 548 C 608 522 608 522 610 518 Z", "M 389 602 Q 393 602 401 603 Q 501 622 575 633 Q 597 637 589 649 Q 579 662 555 667 Q 537 670 384 628 C 355 620 359 600 389 602 Z", "M 510 505 Q 562 514 610 518 C 640 521 645 539 616 548 Q 612 549 607 551 Q 591 554 410 518 C 381 512 382 493 412 493 Q 416 493 424 493 Q 439 496 455 497 L 510 505 Z", "M 538 341 Q 728 365 910 345 Q 934 342 939 351 Q 948 364 935 376 Q 907 404 863 424 Q 848 430 823 422 Q 750 407 674 397 Q 595 390 539 383 L 479 377 Q 352 367 288 359 Q 215 349 106 348 Q 93 349 91 337 Q 90 325 109 310 Q 125 297 156 285 Q 166 281 185 289 Q 203 295 280 307 Q 370 326 479 337 L 538 341 Z", "M 482 6 Q 486 -19 494 -29 Q 500 -36 507 -34 Q 534 -13 536 153 Q 535 196 538 341 L 539 383 Q 539 416 549 461 Q 552 480 538 489 Q 522 499 510 505 C 484 519 441 524 455 497 Q 456 496 458 491 Q 477 458 478 393 Q 478 386 479 377 L 479 337 Q 479 31 482 6 Z" ] } 6 strokes 早 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 287, 761 ], [ 341, 710 ], [ 395, 476 ] ], [ [ 345, 745 ], [ 640, 776 ], [ 684, 758 ], [ 711, 719 ], [ 623, 498 ] ], [ [ 384, 616 ], [ 584, 648 ] ], [ [ 408, 505 ], [ 618, 534 ] ], [ [ 96, 339 ], [ 166, 317 ], [ 839, 389 ], [ 937, 358 ] ], [ [ 464, 499 ], [ 511, 449 ], [ 500, -30 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M341,752C326,760 311,766 295,768C290,769 286,768 283,764C278,760 280,755 286,747C314,710 333,647 345,560C351,514 366,482 395,471C405,468 413,480 412,493C411,510 411,510 410,518C409,529 394,584 390,602C386,619 386,619 384,628C376,660 373,691 371,716C371,732 355,745 341,752Z", "M610,518C613,502 623,493 632,493C642,495 648,500 655,510C664,525 677,564 696,628C706,666 727,694 753,715C767,727 767,738 756,749C743,762 718,777 684,796C674,802 646,799 595,791C579,789 478,775 341,752C326,749 356,710 371,716C393,728 471,742 608,754C626,756 639,754 647,750C655,746 656,731 652,707C635,623 623,570 616,548C612,539 608,528 610,518Z", "M390,602C414,604 525,626 575,633C589,636 594,642 589,649C582,658 571,664 555,667C543,670 486,656 384,628C376,625 381,600 390,602Z", "M510,505C544,511 578,516 610,518C620,518 626,546 616,548C597,554 530,542 410,518C402,516 404,493 412,493C422,493 444,496 455,497C492,502 492,502 510,505Z", "M538,342C630,350 788,360 910,346C926,345 935,346 939,351C944,360 943,368 935,376C916,395 892,411 863,424C853,429 840,427 823,422C748,404 623,391 539,382C499,378 499,378 479,376C442,373 218,347 106,348C97,349 92,345 91,337C90,329 96,321 109,310C119,302 135,294 156,285C162,283 172,285 185,289C196,294 228,298 280,307C340,319 406,331 479,337C518,340 518,340 538,342Z", "M482,6C484,-10 488,-22 494,-29C497,-33 503,-36 507,-34C525,-21 535,43 536,153C536,182 535,246 538,342C539,369 539,369 539,382C539,404 543,434 549,459C551,469 546,483 538,489C529,496 518,501 510,505C494,515 448,514 455,497C473,463 479,432 479,376C479,350 479,350 479,337C479,133 479,23 482,6Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.