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Kanji Detail for 暁 - "dawn, daybreak"

暁

  • Meaning

    暁 means "dawn, daybreak." Also associated with to instruct.

    1. Dawn - The first light of day.

    2. Daybreak - The time when the sun rises.

    3. Enlighten - To make clear; to inform.

  • Four-character idioms with 暁

    • 没分暁漢 ぼつぶんぎょうかん Listen obstinate person; blockhead

  • Tattoo check: 暁

    • Verified meaning: dawn, daybreak
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あかつき, あかな, あき, あきら)
    • Also carries these associations: to instruct

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 暁

    Given names 暁(あかつき)Listen 暁(あかな)Listen 暁(あき)Listen 暁(あきら)Listen 暁(きょう)Listen 暁(ぎょう)Listen 暁(さとし)Listen 暁(さとる)Listen 暁(とおる)Listen

    Surnames 暁(あつき)Listen 暁(ゆたか)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    daybreak; dawn; in the event

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 曉|晓

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gyoh(ギョウ) ギョウ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    akatsuki(あかつき) あかつき

    sato.ru(さと-る) さと-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    dawn daybreak to instruct to realize enlighten aurora awakening beginning brightness cockcrow commencement early first glow illumination morning sunrise sunup

Sentences including 暁

  • In spring, one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn.

  • Liu Xiaobo is Chinese.

  • Once I retire, I will dedicate all my time to Tatoeba.

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