zǎo = z + ao3
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
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How to pronounce 早

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= z initial

Z is for Zorro.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ao3 final

In the aorta’s living room.

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早 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shí = sh + Ø2
ten / 10
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= r + Ø4
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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= r + Ø4
sun / day / date, day of the month
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Characters with 早 as component

cháo = ch + ao2
abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
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cháo = ch + ao2
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
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zhāo = zh + ao1
morning
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Words with 早

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early morning / CL:個|个[ge4]
already at an earlier time
breakfast / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]

Sentences with 早

men
wáng
zǎo
fēi
chū
shí
wàn
qiān
le

Want to remember 早 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

zǎo

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

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