暁

See also 曉

Translingual

Han character

暁 (radical 72 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日十廿山 (AJTU))

1. dawn, daybreak
2. clear, explicit

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 497, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14031
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1516, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6681

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Japanese

Kanji

暁 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぎょう (gyō), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: あかつき (akatsuki), さとる (satoru)

Etymology 1

Compound of aka (“bright”) and toki (“time”).

Noun

暁 (hiragana あかとき, romaji akatoki)

1. dawn, daybreak

Etymology 2

From akatoki.

Noun

暁 (hiragana あかつき, romaji akatsuki)

1. dawn, daybreak
   • 1079: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 8 (back))

     天暁 アカツキ

Etymology 3

Proper noun

暁 (hiragana さとる, romaji Satoru)

1. A male given name

References

• 1979 [1079], Hiroshi Tsukishima, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3099-7:

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Korean

Hanja

暁 (hangeul 효, revised hyo, McCune-Reischauer hyo, Yale hyo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

暁 (pinyin gěng (geng3), gèng (geng4), xiǎo (xiao3), Wade-Giles keng³, keng⁴, hsiao³)