KANJI: SOU SA SATSU haya (early, fast)
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Sun combined with the character for cutting/openning, to give a meaning of the sun breaking through the darkness; i.e. in the early morning.
A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:
on-yomi: SOU
kun-yomi: haya(i) haya haya- haya(maru) haya(meru)
Nanori: sa- saka sawa so wa
- SA, SOU, SATSU, haya(i): quick, fast, speedy; brisk; prompt; early; premature.
- haya(meru): hasten, precipitate, accelerate, expedite; advance (the date).
- hay(maru): be hasty, be rash.
- (O)ha(you): good morning.
- haya(sa): swiftness; being early; speed.
- ha(ya): already, now, so soon.
New Nelson: 2419
Henshall: 50
早
早急 (soukyuu): immediately.
早口 (hayakuchi): rapid speech.
早死に (hayajini): early death.
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