Entry
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    early; a little earlier than usual

    esp. 早め

    早めの返事をお待ちしております。
    I look forward to hearing from you soon.
  2. a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

    esp. 速め

Also written 速め【はやめ】早目【はやめ】速目【はやめ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

early, fast

Kun
はや.いはやはや-はや.まるはや.めるさ-
On
ソウサッ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
402 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

さかさわ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-4-2SKIP code
4c2.1The Kanji Dictionary
6040.0Four corner code
3855deroo
65e9Unicode hex code
1-33-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2100Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2419New Nelson (John Haig)
2390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3042Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
26Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
259A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
295Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
117Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13742Morohashi
50A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
248Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
248Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
104sakade
185Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56henshall3
55Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
409crowley
117Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
966Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
26Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zao3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level