漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
曙: dawn, daybreak
JLPT N117 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
日 carries the meaning · 署 is drawn in
17 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショsho · on'yomi · in compounds
- 曙光しょこうdawn; daybreak; first light of day
あけぼのakebono · kun'yomi · on its own
- 曙あけぼのdawn; daybreak; beginning
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 曙貴あけたかera during mid-1990s dominated by grand…
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shǔ
Same form: 曙 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 曙 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 曙 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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