曙

dawn; daybreak

17 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1518.

Readings

• あけぼの (kun reading): 曙 (あけぼの) dawn; 曙色 (あけぼのいろ) salmon (color, colour)
• ショ (on reading): 曙光 (しょこう) dawn

Components

• 日
• 署
• 日 radical sun; day
• ⺹ radical old, top form of 老
• 買 radical net, top form of 网

Words using 曙

• 曙 (あけぼの) dawn
• 曙色 (あけぼのいろ) salmon (color, colour)
• 曙光 (しょこう) dawn
• 曙貴 (あけたか) era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
• 曙貴時代 (あけたかじだい) era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II

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