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暁

暁 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あかつき、あけぼの、あけがた、よあけ。
  2. あきらか。
  3. 明らかにする、さとる、しる、さとす、しらしめる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「曉」の略体。形声。「日」 + 音符「堯」。「あかつき」を意味する漢語｛曉｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

daybreak, dawn, in the event

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ギョウHS
  • キョウ
Kun (native)
  • あかつきJHS
  • さと(る)
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • あきら
  • あけ
  • さと
  • さとる
  • てる
Other languages
  • 拼音xiao3
  • 한글hyo
  • Hán-ViệtHiếu

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Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6681

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰日尭

Words using this kanji

  • 暁あかつきあかつき、あけぼの、あけがた、よあけ。 あきらか。 明らかにする、さとる、しる、さとす、しらしめる。dawn, daybreak, event (e.g. "in the event of ..."), occasion
  • 暁星ぎょうせい夜明けの空に残る星。 明けの明星。morning star, Venus, rarity
  • 暁天ぎょうてん夜明けの空。 明け方。dawn
  • 暁光ぎょうこうlight of dawn
  • 暁闇あかつきやみ明け方のあたりが暗く月が出ていないこと。そのころ。moonless dawn
  • 暁闇ぎょうあんdark before dawn
  • 暁角ぎょうかくsound of a horn announcing daybreak
  • 暁鴉ぎょうあ明け方の頃に鳴くからす。crow cawing in the morning, crows crying in the morning
  • 暁霧ぎょうむ明け方に出る霧。朝霧。fog appearing at dawn
  • 暁鐘ぎょうしょう夜明けに鳴らされる鐘。bell rung to announce daybreak, morning bell, something that ushers in a new age
  • 暁の空あかつきのそらdawning sky
  • 暁新世ぎょうしんせい古第三紀の最初の世。6600万年前から5600万年前まで。Paleocene epoch
  • 暁起きあかつきおきwaking up just before daybreak
  • 暁現象あかつきげんしょうdawn phenomenon, dawn effect

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-8
Four Corner
6401.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c8.1
Heisig
1285
Nelson
2139