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HSK 1 · Greetings

早

zǎo

early

Stroke order of 早

早 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

The 日 sun rises above a 十 cross-like marker on the horizon: it's early morning.

Parts: 日 sun + 十 ten/cross (a sprout)

Example sentence

我今天起得很早。

I got up very early today.

Words with 早

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

More words: Greetings

好good; well再见goodbye谢谢thank you不客气you're welcome对不起sorry没关系it doesn't matter; no problem没什么it's nothing; never mind没事儿it's OK; never mind请please; to invite请进please come in请坐please sit down请问excuse me, may I ask叫to be called; to call名字name认识to know (someone); to recognize介绍to introduce

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