朝日

Chinese

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; (abbr.) Korea, esp. N. Korea	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (朝日)		朝	日
anagram		日朝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāorì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhāorì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauryh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ jat⁶
  - Yale: jīu yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ yed⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/

Noun

朝日

morning sun

Proper noun

朝日

Asahi (Japanese newspaper, beer or surname)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
朝	日
あさ Grade: 2	ひ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Hiragana	modern	あさひ
Hiragana	historical	あさひ
Kanji	朝日旭

Compound of 朝 (asa, “morning”) +‎ 日 (hi, “sun”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [a̠sa̠çi̥]

Noun

朝日 (hiragana あさひ, rōmaji asahi)

Rising sun, morning sun.

Alternative forms

旭

Descendants

Portuguese: Assaí

Proper noun

朝日 (hiragana あさひ, rōmaji Asahi)

A surname.
Asahi (Japanese newspaper)
Asahi (brand of Japanese beer)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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