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HSK 1 · Telling time

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

Stroke order of 早上

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

早 · 6 strokes上 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

"早" shows the sun "日" rising just above a post "十": early morning.

Parts: 早 early (日 sun over 十) + 上 on; upper part

The characters in 早上

  • 早 zǎo — early (6 strokes)
  • 上 shàng — up; on; above (3 strokes)

Example sentence

我早上七点起床。

I get up at seven in the morning.

Words with 早

早early早饭breakfast早餐breakfast早晨early morning早就long ago; already早已long ago; long since

Words with 上

上午morning (before noon)晚上evening楼上upstairs上学to go to school上课to attend class上班to go to work身上on the body; on (one)上网to go online网上online上车to get on (a vehicle)车上in the car; on the bus路上on the way上up; on; above上边above; top地上on the ground关上to close; to turn off上次last time马上immediately; right away

More words: Telling time

上午morning (before noon)下午afternoon中午noon晚上evening白天daytime点o'clock; a little分fen (1/100 yuan); point小时hour时间time时候time; moment (when...)现在now半天half a day; a long time半年half a year日期date一会儿a moment; a while

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