朝

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲):  𠦝 + phonetic 月

The left side (𠦝) is a pictograph of the sunrise as seen through some trees. The right-side 月 is actually a graphical variant/corruption of 舟 ("boat"), used as a phonetic.

Han character

朝 (radical 74 月+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十月 (JJB), four-corner 4742₀, composition ⿰𠦝月)

1. morning
2. dynasty
3. ​shorthand for 朝鮮 (meaning Korea or North Korea)

Derived characters

• 嘲 潮 謿 廟

References

• KangXi: page 506, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14374
• Dae Jaweon: page 885, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2084, character 8
• Unihan data for U+671D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

朝 (Jyutping ciu4, ziu1, Yale chiu4, jiu1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

朝 (POJ chau, cheu, Guangdong ts'au², tsau¹ [Bao'an, Dongguan]; ts'au², tseu¹, ts'eu² [Siyan]; chau¹, ch'au², cheu¹, ch'eu² [Kwangtung]; chau¹, ch'au² [Hailu]; tshau¹, tsh'au² [Meixian], Hagfa Pinyim cau2, ceu2, zau1, zeu1)

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References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

朝

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. morning
2. dynasty
3. regime
4. epoch
5. period
6. North Korea
7. Korea

Readings

• Goon: ちょう (chō) < てう (teu), じょう < でう (deu) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: ちょう (chō) < てう (teu)
• Kun: あさ (asa), あした (ashita), あつまる (atsumaru)
• Nanori: とも (tomo)

Compounds

• 朝な夕な (あさなゆうな, asana yūna)
• 朝食
• 朝刊 (ちょうかん, chōkan) newspaper (to be delivered in the morning)
• 朝貢 (ちょうこう, chōkō)
• 朝廷 (ちょうてい, chōtei)

• 朝飯前 (あさめしまえ, asameshimae) a piece of cake (an easy thing to do)
• 朝日 (あさひ, asahi) rising sun
• 今朝 (けさ, kesa) this morning
• 早朝

Etymology

Historically a day was split into two halves:

• afternoon cycle: asa -> hiru -> yū
• evening cycle: yūbe, yoi, yonaka, akatsuki, ashita

While asa and ashita represent the same time period, asa was associated with beginning of the afternoon and ashita was associated with the end of the night. Both terms share an initial as- and are likely etymologically related.

Noun

朝 (hiragana あさ, romaji asa)

1. morning

Noun

朝 (hiragana あした, romaji ashita)

1. morning

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Korean

Hanja

朝 (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

1. dynasty, imperial court

   조선 (朝鮮, Joseon) — Korea

   왕조 (王朝, wangjo) — dynasty

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Mandarin

		-
simp. and trad.		朝

Hanzi

朝 (Pinyin cháo (chao2), zhāo (zhao1), Wade-Giles ch'ao², chao¹)

Pronunciation

• IPA: t͡ʂʰɑ̌ʊ̯

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Noun

朝 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin cháo)

1. the court; the government
2. dynasty

Noun

朝 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhāo)

1. ​ morning

Compounds

• cháo
  • 朝代
  • 朝纲
  • 朝鲜
  • 朝阳
  • 朝阳花
  • 夏朝
  • 商朝
  • 周朝
  • 秦朝
  • 漢朝, 汉朝
  • 隋朝
  • 唐朝
  • 宋朝
  • 元朝
  • 明朝 (Míng cháo)
  • 清朝 (Qīngcháo)
  • 南北朝 (nánběicháo)
• zhāo
  • 朝不保夕
  • 朝发夕至
  • 朝露
  • 朝气
  • 朝三暮四

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Middle Chinese

Han character

朝 (*djhiɛu, *djiɛu)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

朝 (TLPA tiâu (tiau⁵), tiau (tiau¹))

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

朝 (triều, chầu, chào, tràu, trều, triêu, chiều, giàu, giầu, trào)

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Readings

• Nôm: chào, chầu, chiều, chìu, dèo, giàu, trào, trèo, triêu, triều

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville