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Kanji Detail for 晨 - "morning, dawn"

晨

  • Meaning

    晨 means "morning, dawn." Also associated with daybreak.

    1. Morning - The early part of the day.

    2. Dawn - The first light of day.

    3. Daybreak - The time when light appears.

  • Tattoo check: 晨

    • Verified meaning: morning, dawn
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, あした, しん, はやし)
    • Also carries these associations: daybreak

    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 晨

    Given names 晨(あきら)Listen 晨(しん)Listen

    Surnames 晨(あした)Listen 晨(はやし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    morning; early

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    early morning, daybreak

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    morning; dawn; daybreak

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dawn, early morning

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

    Early morning. When the sun first rises. Such as 清晨 (early morning).

  • Onyomi

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    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

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    asa(あさ) あさ

    ashita(あした) あした

    toki(とき) とき

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    morning dawn daybreak rooster crowing tomorrow aurora awakening beginning daylight early first light fresh new start sunrise

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