The kanji 暁: meaning, readings and stroke order

暁

Meaning: dawn, know well
On reading: ギョウ gyou
Kun reading: あかつき akatsuki
Strokes: 12
Radical: 日 sun, day
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 曉

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: rạng đông, hiểu rõ (hiểu)
Japanese: よあけ。くわしくしる。
Korean: 새벽, 환히 알다 (효)
Chinese: 拂晓、通晓 (晓)

Readings, words and example sentences

ギョウ gyou · on reading · less common

通つう暁ぎょう
deep knowledge, being well versed
その分野に 通つう暁ぎょうしています。
He is well versed in that field.

あかつき akatsuki · kun reading · less common

暁あかつき
dawn, daybreak
暁あかつきの空が明るくなります。
The dawn sky is getting brighter.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.