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Kanji Detail for 曙 - "dawn, beginning"

曙

  • Meaning

    曙 means "dawn, beginning."

    1. Dawn - Daybreak; the time when night ends.

    2. Daybreak - The first light of morning; sunrise approaching.

    3. Beginning - The start of something new.

  • Tattoo check: 曙

    • Verified meaning: dawn, beginning
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, あくる, あけぼの, しょ)

    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 曙

    Given names 曙(あきら)Listen 曙(あけぼの)Listen 曙(しょ)Listen

    Surnames 曙(あくる)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dawn; daybreak

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bright, light of rising sun

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dawn, daybreak; the dawn of an era

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

    Dawn. The east brightening.

  • Onyomi

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    sho(ショ) ショ

  • Kunyomi

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    akebono(あけぼの) あけぼの

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    dawn beginning daybreak sunrise aurora morning awakening early first light emergence daylight new day commence

Sentences including 曙

  • In spring, the dawn.

More kanji with the radical 日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

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