暁

See also: 曉

暁 U+6681, 暁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6681 ← 暀 [U+6680] CJK Unified Ideographs 暂 → [U+6682]

Translingual

Traditional	曉
Shinjitai	暁
Simplified	晓

Han character

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

1. dawn, daybreak
2. clear, explicit

References

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	暁
Kyūjitai	曉

Kanji

暁

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曉)

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō, Jōyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kun: あかつき (akatsuki, 暁, Jōyō)^{←あかつき (akatuki, 暁, historical)←あかとき (akatoki, 暁, ancient)}、さとす (satosu, 暁す)、さとる (satoru, 暁る)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、あけ (ake)、あつき (atsuki)、さとし (satoshi)、さとる (satoru)、てる (teru)、とき (toki)、とし (toshi)、ゆたか (yutaka)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
暁
あかつき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
曉 (kyūjitai)

⟨aka to₂ki₁⟩ → */akatəkʲi/ → /akat͡suki/

Shift from Old Japanese 曉 (akato₂ki₁).

Originally a compound of 明か (aka, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 明く (aku), “to open”) +‎ 時 (toki, “time, moment, hour”).

Noun

1. the dawn, daybreak
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 13, poem 625; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 30)

     有明(ありあけ)のつれなく見(み)えし別(わか)れより暁(あかつき)ばかり憂(う)きものはなし

     ariake no tsurenaku mieshi wakare yori akatsuki bakari ukimono wa nashi

     Since that parting when I saw that distant look in the late moon's glare, nothing seems more cruel to me than the hours before dawn.

   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi, page 8 (back):

     天暁 アカツキ

2. an event, occasion, occurrence

Synonyms

• (dawn): See Thesaurus:明け方

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 暁(あかつき)起(お)き (akatsuki-oki, “waking up just before daybreak”)
• 暁(あかつき)方(がた) (akatsukigata)
• 暁(あかつき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatsuki-zukuyo)
• 暁(あかつき)の空(そら) (akatsuki no sora, “dawning sky”)
• 暁(あかつき)の茶(ちゃ)事(じ) (akatsuki no chaji)
• 暁(あかつき)の別(わか)れ (akatsuki no wakare)
• 暁(あかつき)闇(やみ) (akatsuki yami, “moonless dawn”)
• 成功(せいこう)の暁(あかつき)には (seikō no akatsuki ni wa, “when one has succeeded”)

Proverbs

• 春(しゅん)眠(みん)暁(あかつき)を覚(おぼ)えず (shunmin akatsuki o oboezu)

Proper noun

暁(あかつき) • (Akatsuki) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
暁
ぎょう Grade: S
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
曉 (kyūjitai)

/ɡeu/ → */ɡʲəː/ → /ɡʲoː/

From Middle Chinese 曉 (MC xewX).

Affix

1. dawn, daybreak
2. clear(ly understood), explicit

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 暁(ぎょう)鴉(あ) (gyōa)
• 暁(ぎょう)闇(あん) (gyōan)
• 暁(ぎょう)雨(う) (gyōu)
• 暁(ぎょう)雲(うん) (gyōun)
• 暁(ぎょう)角(かく) (gyōkaku)
• 暁(ぎょう)起(き) (gyōki)
• 暁(ぎょう)鶏(けい) (gyōkei)
• 暁(ぎょう)月(げつ) (gyōgetsu)
• 暁(ぎょう)鼓(こ) (gyōko)
• 暁(ぎょう)光(こう) (gyōkō)
• 暁(ぎょう)更(こう) (gyōkō)
• 暁(ぎょう)紅(こう) (gyōkō)
• 暁(ぎょう)日(じつ) (gyōjitsu)
• 暁(ぎょう)鐘(しょう) (gyōshō)
• 暁(ぎょう)新(しん)世(せい) (gyōshinsei)
• 暁(ぎょう)星(せい) (gyōsei)
• 暁(ぎょう)達(たつ) (gyōtatsu)
• 暁(ぎょう)旦(たん) (gyōtan)
• 暁(ぎょう)知(ち), 暁(ぎょう)智(ち) (gyōchi)
• 暁(ぎょう)通(つう) (gyōtsū)
• 暁(ぎょう)天(てん) (gyōten)
• 暁(ぎょう)風(ふう) (gyōfū)
• 暁(ぎょう)霧(む) (gyōmu)
• 暁(ぎょう)諭(ゆ), 暁(ぎょう)喩(ゆ) (gyōyu)
• 暁(ぎょう)露(ろ) (gyōro)
• 諫(かん)暁(ぎょう) (kangyō)
• 今(こん)暁(ぎょう) (kongyō)
• 昨(さく)暁(ぎょう) (sakugyō)
• 秋(しゅう)暁(ぎょう) (shūgyō)
• 春(しゅん)暁(ぎょう) (shungyō)
• 早(そう)暁(ぎょう) (sōgyō)
• 知(ち)暁(ぎょう) (chigyō)
• 通(つう)暁(ぎょう) (tsūgyō)
• 払(ふつ)暁(ぎょう) (futsugyō)
• 分(ぶん)暁(ぎょう) (bungyō)
• 翌(よく)暁(ぎょう) (yokugyō)

Proper noun

1. a female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
暁
Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
曉 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of the stem of adjective 明らか (akiraka, “clear, visible”).

Proper noun

1. a female given name

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
暁
Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
曉 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of classical adjective 聡し (satoshi), modern 聡い (satoi, “clever, smart, sharp”).

Proper noun

1. a male given name

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
暁
Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
曉 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of verb 悟る (satoru, “to perceive, understand”).

Proper noun

1. a male or female given name

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
暁
Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
曉 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of verb 通る (tōru, “to be wise”).

Proper noun

1. a male or female given name

Etymology 7

Other various nanori readings.

Proper noun

1. a female given name

1. a female given name
2. a surname

1. a male or female given name

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Okinawan

Kanji

暁

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曉)

Readings

• Kun: あかちち (akachichi, 暁)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
暁
あかちち Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
曉 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with Japanese 暁 (akatsuki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akat͡ɕit͡ɕi]

Noun

1. the dawn, daybreak