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暁 means 'dawn'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1915   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-35    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 22 words   Used in 353 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ギョウ
Kun
   あかつき dawn, daybreak
Additional readings
On    キョウ
Kun    さとる
Name    あき   あきら   あけ   さと   さとる   てる
Variants
曉  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 暁 - click the badge to download
Although あかつき sounds like “red moon,” it doesn’t mean that. Learn the etymology of this yomi. Find out how dawn connects to success and enlightenment and how to say such things as “When completed, this building will be the world’s tallest.” Learn the Japanese for “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Read about a fascinating artist and an architect with 暁 in their names.
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Components
⿰  日 sun; day  尭 high  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 暁 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 暁 is used 21 times, read 3 ways.
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ギョウ : 14 words FIND ALL
こ ん ぎ ょ う 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this morning (at dawn)
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キョウ : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
cold winter dawn  (poetical term)
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あかつき : 6 words FIND ALL
あ か つ き 0
noun
1. dawn; daybreak
2. event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence  (usu. as 〜の暁に; this meaning is restricted to reading あかつき)
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An additional one less common word includes 暁 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1174  Joy o' Kanji : 1174  Key to Kanji: - 

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暁
ギョウ   あかつき dawn, daybreak   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
尭
ギョウ   たかい high   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
艹
grass   
兀
one pair of legs
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儿
legs
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