暁

See also: 曉

暁	U+6681, 暁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6681

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[U+6680]

CJK Unified Ideographs

暂 →
[U+6682]

Translingual

Traditional	曉
Shinjitai	暁
Simplified	晓

Han character

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

dawn, daybreak
clear, explicit

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 497, character 31

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14031

Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1516, character 1

Unihan data for U+6681

Japanese

Shinjitai	暁
Kyūjitai	曉

Kanji

暁

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曉)

dawn, daybreak
clear, explicit

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, historical)}^{←あかとき (akatoki, 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)

Compounds

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)
払暁 (ふつぎょう) (futsugyō)
分 (ぶん)暁 (ぎょう) (bungyō)
翌 (よく)暁 (ぎょう) (yokugyō)

Etymology 1

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

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

Shift from Old Japanese akatoki below.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あかつき [àkátsúkí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana あかつき, rōmaji akatsuki)

dawn, daybreak
- 905, 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.[3]
- 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 8 (back))[4]
  天暁 アカツキ
an event, occasion, occurrence

Synonyms

(dawn): See Thesaurus:明け方

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 (せい)功 (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 (hiragana あかつき, rōmaji Akatsuki)

a female given name
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
暁
あかとき Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 明 (aka, “bright”) +‎ 時 (toki, “time”).[1][2]

Noun

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana あかとき, rōmaji akatoki)

(archaic, obsolete) dawn, daybreak
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4084), text here
  安 (あ)可 (か)登 (と)吉 (き)尓 (に)名 (な)能 (の)里 (り)奈 (な)久 (く)奈 (な)流 (る)保 (ほ)登 (と)等 (と)藝 (ぎ)須 (す)伊 (い)夜 (や)米 (め)豆 (づ)良 (ら)之 (し)久 (く)於 (お)毛 (も)保 (ほ)由 (ゆ)流 (る)香 (か)母 (も) [Man'yōgana]
  暁 (あかとき)に名 (な)告 (の)り鳴 (な)くなる霍公鳥 (ほととぎす)いやめづらしく思 (おも)ほゆるかも [Modern spelling]
  akatoki ni nanori nakunaru hototogisu iya mezurashiku omōyuru ka mo
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

暁 (あかとき)降 (くた)ち (akatoki kutachi)
暁 (あかとき)月 (づく)夜 (よ) (akatoki-zukuyo)
暁 (あかとき)闇 (やみ) (akatoki yami, “moonless dawn”)

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana あかな, rōmaji Akana)

a female given name

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana あき, rōmaji Aki)

a female given name
a surname

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana あきら, rōmaji Akira)

a female given name

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana きょう, rōmaji Kyō, historical hiragana けう)

a male or female given name

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana ぎょう, rōmaji Gyō, historical hiragana げう)

a female given name

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana さとし, rōmaji Satoshi)

a male given name

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana さとる, rōmaji Satoru)

a unisex given name

暁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 曉, hiragana とおる, rōmaji Tōru, historical hiragana とほる)

a male or female given name

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Shōtetsu (1997), Steven D. Carter, editor, Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu (Translations from the Asian classics), illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 38
Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.

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[DJS-1] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[3] Shōtetsu (1997), Steven D. Carter, editor, Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu (Translations from the Asian classics), illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 38

[4] Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.