曙
dawn, daybreak
Readings
On'yomi
- ショ
Kun'yomi
- あけぼの
Meaning
曙 centers on the first light of morning: the moment when night breaks into dawn or daybreak.
Most common words using 曙
- 曙あけぼの
dawn; daybreak; beginning
- 曙光しょこう
dawn; daybreak; first light of day
- 曙繻子蘭あけぼのしゅすらん
leafy goodyera (Goodyera foliosa)
- 曙色あけぼのいろ
salmon (color, colour); pink with a yellow tinge
- 曙草あけぼのそう
Swertia bimaculata (species of felwort)
- 曙蝶々魚あけぼのちょうちょううお
blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus)
- 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
Study
Etymology
曙 combines 日 (sun) with 署, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of arranging or placing, suggesting the sun being placed at the horizon at dawn.
Meaning mnemonic
The sun 日 rises beside 署, like the sun being posted or arranged at the horizon to signal daybreak.
Reading mnemonic
For ショ, imagine the dawn show: the sun puts on a show of light at daybreak. Show -> ショ.