Translingual

Han character

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

1. dawn, daybreak
2. 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

Kanji

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

Readings

• Goon: きょう (kyō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’yōon: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: あかつき (akatsuki), さとる (satoru)

Etymology 1

Compound of 明 ‎(aka, “bright”) and 時 ‎(toki, “time”).

Noun

暁 ‎(hiragana あかとき, romaji akatoki)

1. dawn, daybreak

Etymology 2

From 暁 ‎(akatoki).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あかつき [àkátsúkí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠t͡sɯ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

暁 ‎(hiragana あかつき, romaji akatsuki)

1. dawn, daybreak
   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 8 (back))

     天暁 アカツキ

Etymology 3

Proper noun

暁 ‎(hiragana さとる, romaji Satoru)

1. A male given name

References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 978-4-7629-3099-7, published 1979.