早そう朝ちょう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to the early part of the morning, typically before most daily activities begin. Can be used as a noun or adverbially with に.

早そう朝ちょうに〈動どう詞し〉to do something early in the morning
早そう朝ちょうに散さん歩ぽに出でかけた。
I went out for a walk early in the morning.
早そう朝ちょうから〈動どう詞し〉starting from early morning
このスーパーは早そう朝ちょうから営えい業ぎょうしている。
This supermarket is open from early morning.

朝あさN5
朝 is the general word for 'morning', while 早朝 specifically emphasizes the earliest part of the morning.
明あけ方がたN2
明け方 focuses on the moment daybreak occurs, while 早朝 covers the whole early-morning period after that.
未み明めいN1
未明 refers to the pre-dawn hours (around 3–5 AM), whereas 早朝 covers the period just after dawn into the early morning.
朝あさ方がた
早朝 is a more formal or written term for early morning, while 朝方 is the everyday word used in casual speech and news.

深しん夜やN3
深夜 means the dead of night (late at night), the opposite end of the day from 早朝's early morning.
夕ゆう刻こく
早朝 refers to the early morning hours, the opposite time of day from 夕刻, the evening hours.

Compound of 早 (early) and 朝 (morning). The reading そうちょう is the on'yomi for both characters.