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Kanji Detail for 朝 - "morning, dynasty, court"

朝

  • Meaning

    朝 means "morning, dynasty, court."

    1. Morning - The early part of the day.

    2. Dynasty - A succession of rulers from the same family.

    3. Court - The royal court; government.

    4. Era - A period of time in history.

  • Words using 朝

    • 北朝鮮 きたちょうせん Listen North Korea
    • 朝鮮 ちょうせん Listen Korea
    • 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく Listen Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
    • 朝鮮半島 ちょうせんはんとう Listen Korean peninsula
    • 早朝 そうちょう Listen early morning
    • 朝日 あさひ Listen morning sun
    • 朝刊 ちょうかん Listen morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
    • 朝食 ちょうしょく Listen breakfast

  • Four-character idioms with 朝

    • 一朝一夕 いっちょういっせき Listen in a day; in a brief space of time
    • 朝令暮改 ちょうれいぼかい Listen an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
    • 人生朝露 じんせいちょうろ Listen man's life vanishes like a dew; a person's life is as fleeting as a morning dew
    • 朝三暮四 ちょうさんぼし Listen being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another
    • 朝雲暮雨 ちょううんぼう Listen sexual liaison; morning clouds and evening rain
    • 槿花一朝 きんかいっちょう Listen evanescent glory; passing prosperity

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    • Verified meaning: morning, dynasty, court
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あさ, あさざき, あさじ, あさゆき)

    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 朝

    Given names 朝(あさ)Listen 朝(あした)Listen 朝(ちょう)Listen 朝(とも)Listen

    Surnames 朝(あさざき)Listen 朝(あさじ)Listen 朝(あさゆき)Listen 朝(とき)Listen 朝(はじめ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dynasty; morning

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning

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

    Morning. From dawn to mealtime is 終朝 (the whole morning). Also one day is called 一朝. | The place where national affairs are conducted. Such as 朝廷 (imperial court). | When ministers see the ruler, it is called 朝. In ancient times, meeting respected people was also called 朝. Such as "The magistrate of Linqiong daily went to pay respects to Xiangru." From "Records of the Grand Historian." | Country name. Abbreviation for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    asa(あさ) あさ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    月 (tsuki・tsukihen)

  • Related Keywords

    morning court dynasty attendance era reign dawn beginning breakfast day dew early king royal

Sentences including 朝

  • They made him work from morning till night.

  • He did not get up early in the morning.

  • What do you usually have for breakfast?

  • He's used to getting up early in the morning.

  • He overslept this morning.

  • In those days , i made it a point to take a walk before breakfast.

  • She makes it a rule to take an hour's walk every morning.

  • Whether permitting , we'll leave tomorrow morning.

  • I make it a rule to jog early in the morning.

  • We must be off early tomorrow morning.

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