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曙 means 'daybreak'

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Strokes : 17    Frequency: 3473   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-10    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 9 words   Used in 9 words   Used in 92 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
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   あけぼの daybreak
On    ショ
⿰   sun; day   station; signature  
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曙 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 曙 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
1. dawn; daybreak; first light of day
2. first indication; glimpse; gleam; flash; prospects  (fig. as in 〜の曙光)
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あけぼの : 6 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: あけぼの
noun
dawn; daybreak; beginning
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An additional あけぼの less common words include 曙 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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あけぼの daybreak   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショ    (police) station, (government) office; signature   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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