Literary or poetic term for the break of day; not used in everyday conversation. The reading ふっきょう is obsolete.
The sky at dawn began to lighten.
払暁の静けさの中で、鳥が一羽鳴いた。
In the stillness of daybreak, a single bird sang.
Standard kanji form for this literary word meaning dawn.
A Sino-Japanese word corresponding to Chinese 拂曉 “daybreak,” conventionally written 払暁 in Japanese. The expression denotes the point at which night gives way to dawn.