曙
曙 — Dawn
dawn, daybreak
On’yomiショ (sho)
Kun’yomiあけぼの (akebono)
Stroke order (17 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 曙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曙 | あけぼの akebono | dawn; daybreak; beginning |
Study notes
曙 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1518 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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