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暁

daybreak
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingギョウ、キョウ
Kun readingあかつき、さと.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. daybreakRtK
  2. dawn
  3. in the event
  1. event (e.g. "in the event of ...")
  2. occasion
  3. occurrence

Radicals and components

Radical日sun
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · lofty · strawman · wickerman · haystack · ten (十) · needle (丨) · one (一) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1285

Compound words

暁星ぎょうせい
morning star; Venus; rarity
暁天ぎょうてん
dawn
今暁こんぎょう
this morning (at dawn)
早暁そうぎょう
daybreak
通暁つうぎょう
well versed
払暁ふつぎょう
dawn
仏暁ふつぎょう
dawn
暁の空あかつきのそら
dawning sky
暁の明星あけのみょうじょう
morning star
春眠暁を覚えずしゅんみんあかつきをおぼえず
in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

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