The Chinese Radical: 早


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Meaning
early, morning    早

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
early, morning
zǎo
Sunrise (sun above the horizon ) with marking:
When the sun is at the marking at the horizon, it is early in the morning.
JLPT HSK 3
grass, straw
cǎo
Top: plant/grass , below: early, fast (When the sunrise is at the mark at the horizon , it is early in the morning.)
The plant that grows fast, is grass.
JLPT HSK 4
to fall, to drop, to lag behind
diào
Left: hand , right: excellent ([before the day happens:] Fortune telling early at the morning is excellent.) [ = divining = crack in turtle's shell]
(As a support/hold when falling) A hand is excellent, when you fall.
JLPT HSK 4
medal, badge, decoration, order, chapter, regulation
zhāng
Top: to rise/stand , below: early (When the sunrise at the marking at the horizon , it is early in the morning)
Get up early and you will get a medal.
JLPT HSK 6
outstanding, excellent
zhuó
Top: divination / (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast
[before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent.
JLPT HSK 6
cover, fish trap (basket), shade
zhào
Top: net 罒, bottom: excellent ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling early at the morning is excellent)
A net is excellent as a cover.
JLPT HSK 6
to hinder, block, obstruct
zhàng
Left: hill , right: medal (Get up early to get a medal.)
(As a protection against floodwaters) The hill gets a medal, because it is a hindrance. [against the water]
JLPT HSK 6
manifest, conspicuous
zhāng
Left: medal, badge (Get up early to get a medal.), right: hair
The medals in the hair are manifest.
JLPT HSK 6
mourn, lament
dào
Left: feeling , right: excellent ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling / early at the morning is excellent)
Can feelings be excellent, when you are mourning?
JLPT no HSK
pond, pool, pit, profound, depression
tán
西
Left: water , right: 覃 (west 覀/西, early, fast )
The water in the west, you reach quickly, is the pond.
JLPT no HSK
spacious, wide, generous, ample, well-off, to grip
chuò
Left: thread 纟/, right: excellent ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling early at the morning is excellent)
Threads are excellent when they are spacious (=long?).
JLPT no HSK
surname Tan
tán
西
Left: word /, right: reach to, spread to 覃 (west 覀/西, early )
The word has spread, that his name is 'Tan'.
JLPT no HSK
Korea, esp. South Korea 大韩民国
hán
Left: sunrise (sun rises between plants , here: east of the center [= China], because sun rises eastern), right: leather (Two layers are separated with special sword to make leather)
Eastern (of the center) where they make leather, is Korea.

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