早起きは三文の徳

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早	起	三	文	徳
はや Grade: 1	お Grade: 3	さん Grade: 1	もん Grade: 1	とく Grade: 4
kun'yomi		on'yomi		on'yomi

Alternative spellings
早起きは三文の德 (kyūjitai) 早起きは三文の得

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 早起き (hayaoki, “getting up early”) +‎ は (wa, “topic marker particle”) +‎ 三 (san, “three”) +‎ 文 (mon, “mon, Japanese old currency”) +‎ の (no, “genitive case marker”) +‎ 徳 (toku, “benefit”). Literally "it is benefit of three mon to get up early."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ja̠o̞kʲi β̞a̠ sã̠mːo̞n no̞ to̞kɯ̟]

Proverb

早(はや)起(お)きは三(さん)文(もん)の徳(とく) • (hayaoki wa sanmon no toku) 

1. the early bird gets the worm