# 暁

| 暁 | U+6681, &#26241; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6681 |
| ← 暀 [U+6680] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 暂 → [U+6682] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 曉 |
| Shinjitai | 暁 |
| Simplified | 晓 |

### Han character

暁 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日十廿山 (AJTU), composition ⿰日尭)
* dawn, daybreak
* clear, explicit

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 497, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14031
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1516, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6681

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 暁 – see 曉 (“dawn; daybreak; to know; to understand; to get; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 曉).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 暁 |
| Kyūjitai | 曉 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曉)

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō, Jōyō)
* Kun: あかつき (akatsuki, 暁, Jōyō)、さとす (satosu, 暁す)、さとる (satoru, 暁る)
* Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、あけ (ake)、あつき (atsuki)、さとし (satoshi)、さとる (satoru)、てる (teru)、とき (toki)、とし (toshi)、ゆたか (yutaka)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 暁
* あかつき Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 曉 (kyūjitai)
⟨aka to$_2$ki$_1$⟩ → */akatəkʲi/ → /akat͡suki/
Shift from Old Japanese 曉 (akato$_2$ki$_1$).
Originally a compound of 明か (aka, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 明く (aku), “to open”) +‎ 時 (toki, “time, moment, hour”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あかつき [àkátsúkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠ka̠t͡sɨ̥kʲi]

#### Noun

暁(あかつき) • (akatsuki)
* the dawn, daybreak
** 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 13, poem 625; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 30)
    有(あり)明(あけ)のつれなく見(み)えし別(わか)れより暁(あかつき)ばかり憂(う)きものはなし
       ariake no tsurenaku mieshi wakare yori akatsuki bakari ukimono wa nashi
       Since that parting when I saw that distant look in the late moon's glare, nothing seems more cruel to me than the hours before dawn.
** 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi, page 8 (back):
    天暁 アカツキ
* an event, occasion, occurrence
    入(にゅう)社(しゃ)できた暁(あかつき)には […]
       nyūsha dekita akatsuki ni wa […]
       upon my employment at your company […]

##### Synonyms

* (dawn): See Thesaurus:明け方

##### Derived terms

* 暁(あかつき)起(お)き (akatsuki-oki, “waking up just before daybreak”)
* 暁(あかつき)方(がた) (akatsukigata)
* 暁(あかつき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatsuki-zukuyo)
* 暁(あかつき)の空(そら) (akatsuki no sora, “dawning sky”)
* 暁(あかつき)の茶(ちゃ)事(じ) (akatsuki no chaji)
* 暁(あかつき)の別(わか)れ (akatsuki no wakare)
* 暁(あかつき)闇(やみ) (akatsuki yami, “moonless dawn”)
* 成功(せいこう)の暁(あかつき)には (seikō no akatsuki ni wa, “when one has succeeded”)

##### Proverbs

* 春(しゅん)眠(みん)暁(あかつき)を覚(おぼ)えず (shunmin akatsuki o oboezu)

#### Proper noun

暁(あかつき) • (Akatsuki)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 暁
* ぎょう Grade: S
* kan'yōon
* Alternative spelling
* 曉 (kyūjitai)
/ɡeu/ → */ɡʲəː/ → /ɡʲoː/
From Middle Chinese 曉 (MC xewX).

#### Affix

暁(ぎょう) • (gyō)
* dawn, daybreak
* clear(ly understood), explicit

##### Derived terms

* 暁(ぎょう)鴉(あ) (gyōa)
* 暁(ぎょう)闇(あん) (gyōan)
* 暁(ぎょう)雨(う) (gyōu)
* 暁(ぎょう)雲(うん) (gyōun)
* 暁(ぎょう)角(かく) (gyōkaku)
* 暁(ぎょう)起(き) (gyōki)
* 暁(ぎょう)鶏(けい) (gyōkei)
* 暁(ぎょう)月(げつ) (gyōgetsu)
* 暁(ぎょう)鼓(こ) (gyōko)
* 暁(ぎょう)光(こう) (gyōkō)
* 暁(ぎょう)更(こう) (gyōkō)
* 暁(ぎょう)紅(こう) (gyōkō)
* 暁(ぎょう)日(じつ) (gyōjitsu)
* 暁(ぎょう)鐘(しょう) (gyōshō)
* 暁(ぎょう)新(しん)世(せい) (gyōshinsei)
* 暁(ぎょう)星(せい) (gyōsei)
* 暁(ぎょう)達(たつ) (gyōtatsu)
* 暁(ぎょう)旦(たん) (gyōtan)
* 暁(ぎょう)知(ち), 暁(ぎょう)智(ち) (gyōchi)
* 暁(ぎょう)通(つう) (gyōtsū)
* 暁(ぎょう)天(てん) (gyōten)
* 暁(ぎょう)風(ふう) (gyōfū)
* 暁(ぎょう)霧(む) (gyōmu)
* 暁(ぎょう)諭(ゆ), 暁(ぎょう)喩(ゆ) (gyōyu)
* 暁(ぎょう)露(ろ) (gyōro)
* 諫(かん)暁(ぎょう) (kangyō)
* 今(こん)暁(ぎょう) (kongyō)
* 昨(さく)暁(ぎょう) (sakugyō)
* 秋(しゅう)暁(ぎょう) (shūgyō)
* 春(しゅん)暁(ぎょう) (shungyō)
* 早(そう)暁(ぎょう) (sōgyō)
* 知(ち)暁(ぎょう) (chigyō)
* 通(つう)暁(ぎょう) (tsūgyō)
* 払(ふつ)暁(ぎょう) (futsugyō)
* 分(ぶん)暁(ぎょう) (bungyō)
* 翌(よく)暁(ぎょう) (yokugyō)

#### Proper noun

暁(ぎょう) • (Gyō)
* a female given name

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 暁
* Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 曉 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of the stem of adjective 明らか (akiraka, “clear, visible”).

#### Proper noun

暁(あきら) • (Akira)
* a female given name

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 暁
* Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 曉 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of classical adjective 聡し (satoshi), modern 聡い (satoi, “clever, smart, sharp”).

#### Proper noun

暁(さとし) • (Satoshi)
* a male given name

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 暁
* Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 曉 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of verb 悟る (satoru, “to perceive, understand”).

#### Proper noun

暁(さとる) • (Satoru)
* a male or female given name

### Etymology 6

* Kanji in this term
* 暁
* Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 曉 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of verb 通る (tōru, “to be wise”).

#### Proper noun

暁(とおる) • (Tōru)
* a male or female given name

### Etymology 7

Other various nanori readings.

#### Proper noun

暁(あかな) • (Akana)
* a female given name

#### Proper noun

暁(あき) • (Aki)
* a female given name
* a surname

#### Proper noun

暁(きょう) • (Kyō)
* a male or female given name

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Shōtetsu (1997) Steven D. Carter, editor, Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu (Translations from the Asian classics), illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 38
* ↑ Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曉)

#### Readings

* Kun: あかちち (akachichi, 暁)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 暁
* あかちち Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 曉 (kyūjitai)
Cognate with Japanese 暁 (akatsuki).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [akat͡ɕit͡ɕi]

### Noun

暁(あかちち) (akachichi)
* the dawn, daybreak