morning / early / long-held / long-cherished

夙 character breakdown

small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.
almost
how much / how many / several / a few
bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a wicked witch.

Don Quixote (d) is hypnotized by a wicked witch (歹) playing her flute (一) in the airplane (ai3). She's playing her magic flute in order to sedate Don Quixote, so that her bats (夕) can drink his blood.

Characters with 夙 as component

夙 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 夙

long-cherished wish
old foe / long-standing enemy
to work from morning to night (idiom)
old grudge / long-standing resentment
at ordinary times
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends
old promise / long-standing commitment
a long-cherished ambition is realized
to have a long-cherished wish realized
previous life
morning and night / always / at all times

Sentences with 夙

夙 currently does not appear in any sentence.