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Kanji Detail for 旭 - "rising sun"

旭

  • Meaning

    旭 means "rising sun." Also associated with bright, clarity.

    1. Rising sun - The morning sun.

    2. Dawn - The break of day.

    3. Bright - Clear and radiant.

  • Four-character idioms with 旭

    • 旭日昇天 きょくじつしょうてん Listen full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun); in the ascendant

  • Origin of 旭

    九, which lends the reading kyoku, with 日, the sun, set into its upper right: the sun at the moment it comes up. 旭日 is the rising sun; as a given name it reads Asahi or Akira.

    How to remember it: The sun 日 just clearing the horizon — light on its way up: the rising sun.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 旭

    • Verified meaning: rising sun
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あきら, あさ, あさひ)
    • Also carries these associations: bright, clarity

    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 旭

    Given names 旭(あきら)Listen 旭(あさ)Listen 旭(あさひ)Listen 旭(のぼる)Listen

    Surnames 旭(あき)Listen 旭(きょく)Listen 旭(きよく)Listen 旭(しょう)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rising sun; morning sun

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rising sun; brilliance; radiant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    dawn; rising sun

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    the rising sun; brilliant, radiant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Appearance of the sun rising with bright light.

  • Onyomi

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    kyoku(キョク) キョク

  • Kunyomi

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    asahi(あさひ) あさひ

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    rising sun bright clarity dawn daybreak morning sunrise east radiant brilliant glowing luminous horizon

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