The kanji 朝: meaning, readings and stroke order

朝

Meaning: morning
On reading: チョウ chou
Kun reading: あさ asa
Strokes: 12
Radical: 月 moon, month
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: buổi sáng (triều)
Japanese: あさ。
Korean: 아침 (조)
Chinese: 早上

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading · less common

朝ちょう礼れい
morning assembly
毎朝 朝ちょう礼れいがあります。
We have a morning assembly every day.

あさ asa · kun reading

朝あさ
morning
今日は 朝あさ 早くおきました。
I got up early this morning.

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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.