Kanji Database
English
曉

曉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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

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

dawn, daybreak, clear, explicit

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウ
  • ギョウ
Kun (native)
  • あかつき
  • さと(る)
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
Other languages
  • 拼音xiao3
  • 한글hyo
  • Hán-ViệtHiểu

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+66C9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰日堯

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-12
Four Corner
6401.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c8.1
Nelson
2158