early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely

= + : Mnemonic symbol: your very own annoying alarm clock going off in the morning.

早 character breakdown

ten / 10

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 早 as component

variant of 草[cao3]

= + : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

= + : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.
variant of 肏[cao4]
surname Zhuo
outstanding

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a 班 ban1 卓 zhuo2 琴 qin2, a banjo. Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is taking part in a music contest in the observatory's kitchen (o2). There is an alarm clock (早) with a pennant on it (⺊) which shows exactly the time when Julian Giant Squid is allowed to play. As the pennant goes up Julian Giant Squid starts to play, and he proves that his banjo skills are really outstanding (卓).
morning
abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.

Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.

Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
surname Zhang
chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a section sign. James II of England (zh) wakes up with a jolt as his alarm clock (早) goes off in front of the anglepod (ang1). Panicked he tries to smash it with a big section sign (章), but instead he just smashes the invaluable vase (早) next to it.
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han

= + + : Hamlet (h) is playing a game in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He has a cross (十) in his hands (which are protected by soft leather gloves (韦)), and an alarm clock (早) will give him three minutes to crush as many alien critters from Korea (韩) as he can.

Words with 早

early in the morning / at dawn
at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning
as early as possible
early in the morning
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
erhua variant of 一大早[yi1 da4 zao3]
at dawn / early in the morning
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing

Sentences with 早

wǒ
men
dà
wáng
zǎo
fe̅i
chu̅
shí
wàn
ba̅
qia̅n
lǐ
le