| 104 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 56 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 50 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 259 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2100 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 117 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 185 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 295 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 248 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 248 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 117 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 966 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3042 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1549 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2120 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 26 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13742 | Morohashi |
| 2390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2419 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 26 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 26 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 409 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 55 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 早急 【ソウキュウ】 immediate, prompt, quick, rapid, urgent, pressing
- 早期 【ソウキ】 early stage
- 時期早々 【ジキソウソウ】 premature
- 尚早 【ショウソウ】 prematurity
- 早急 【ソウキュウ】 immediate, prompt, quick, rapid, urgent, pressing
- 早速 【サッソク】 at once, immediately, without delay, promptly
Kun reading compounds
- 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
- 早いこと 【はやいこと】 quickly
- 早 【はや】 already, now, by this time, quick, early, fast, rapid
- 甲矢 【はや】 arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)
- 千早 【ちはや】 thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
- 早々 【はやはや】 quickly
- 早まる 【はやまる】 to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours), to be moved up, to be advanced, to be hasty, to be rash, to quicken, to speed up, to gather speed
- 早める 【はやめる】 to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate, to quicken (e.g. one's step), to speed up, to accelerate
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さか、 さわ、 そ、 わ
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- temprano
- rápido
- pronto
- apresurarse
- precipitarse
- acelerar
Portuguese
- cedo
- rápido
French
- tôt
- rapide
| 3855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 6040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65e9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 霜害 【ソウガイ】 frost damage
- 霜剣 【ソウケン】 cold sharp sword, blade of ice
- 星霜 【セイソウ】 years, time
- 幾星霜 【イクセイソウ】 many months and years
Kun reading compounds
- 霜 【しも】 frost, white hair, grey hair, gray hair
- 霜降り 【しもふり】 speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water, formation of frost
- 秋霜 【しゅうそう】 autumn frost, fall frost, harshness, strictness, rigour, white hair, grey hair, sharp sword
- 朝霜 【あさしも】 morning frost
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- escarcha
- blanco
- tiempo
Portuguese
- geada
French
- gel
- givre
| 1529 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1630 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1352 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1892 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2694 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 948 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 978 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1689 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1868 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3491 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1801 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2451 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 433 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42363 | Morohashi |
| 2815 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6542 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 426 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 455 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1888 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3179 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-9 | SKIP code |
| 1096.1 | Four corner code |
| 1096.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 971c | Unicode hex code |