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暁
On'yomi
ギョウ・キョウ
GYOU / KYOU
Kun'yomi
あかつき・さと.る
akatsuki / satoru
daybreak · dawn · in the event
Details
Strokes12
Frequency#1924
Radical日sun(4)
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Component Breakdown
暁=
日尭
sun + 尭
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of sun and high. Time when sun rises high.
Symbolism
Dawn, daybreak, enlightenment. Represents new beginning.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Start of the day
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
没分暁漢
ぼつぶんぎょうかん
obstinate person; blockhead; obstinate person
Proverbs & Idioms
暁を覚えず
あかつきをおぼえず
Not noticing the dawn
So comfortable in spring sleep that you miss daybreak
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
ありあけの つれなく見えし 別れより 暁ばかり 憂きものはなし
Poem #30 from Hyakunin Isshu
壬生忠岑Mibu no Tadamine
10th century