暁
暁 — Daybreak
daybreak, dawn, in the event
On’yomiギョウ (gyou)
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
Kun’yomiあかつき (akatsuki)
Kun’yomiさとる (satoru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 暁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暁 | あかつき akatsuki | dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ...") |
| 暁星 | ぎょうせい gyousei | morning star; Venus; rarity |
Study notes
暁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1924 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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