暁

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

1. dawn, daybreak
2. clear, explicit

• 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

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曉)

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぎょう (gyō, Jōyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kun: あかつき (akatsuki, 暁, Jōyō)^{←あかつき (akatuki, 暁, historical)←あかとき (akatoki, 暁, ancient)}、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)

⟨aka to₂ki₁⟩ → */akatəkʲi/ → /akat͡suki/

Shift from Old Japanese 曉 (akato₂ki₁).^[1][2][3]

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”).^[2][3]

• (Tokyo) あかつき (Heiban – )^[3]
• IPA^(key):

暁(あかつき) • (akatsuki) 

1. the dawn, daybreak
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 13, poem 625; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 30)

     有明(ありあけ)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.^[4]

   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi, page 8 (back):
     ^[5]

     天暁 アカツキ

2. an event, occasion, occurrence

   入社(にゅうしゃ)できた暁(あかつき)には […]

   nyūsha dekita akatsuki ni wa

   upon my employment at your company

• (dawn): See Thesaurus:明け方

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

暁(あかつき) • (Akatsuki) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

/ɡeu/ → */ɡʲəː/ → /ɡʲoː/

From Middle Chinese 曉 (MC xewX).

暁(ぎょう) • (gyō) ^{←げう (geu)?}

1. dawn, daybreak
2. clear(ly understood), explicit

暁(ぎょう) • (Gyō) ^{←げう (Geu)?}

1. a female given name

Nominalization of the stem of adjective 明らか (akiraka, “clear, visible”).

暁(あきら) • (Akira) 

1. a female given name

Nominalization of classical adjective 聡し (satoshi), modern 聡い (satoi, “clever, smart, sharp”).

暁(さとし) • (Satoshi) 

1. a male given name

Nominalization of verb 悟る (satoru, “to perceive, understand”).

暁(さとる) • (Satoru) 

1. a male or female given name

Nominalization of verb 通る (tōru, “to be wise”).

暁(とおる) • (Tōru) ^{←とほる (Toforu)?}

1. a male or female given name

Other various nanori readings.

暁(あかな) • (Akana) 

1. a female given name

暁(あき) • (Aki) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

暁(きょう) • (Kyō) ^{←けう (Keu)?}

1. a male or female given name

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 曉)

• Kun: あかちち (akachichi, 暁)

Cognate with Japanese 暁 (akatsuki).

• IPA^(key):

暁(あかちち) (akachichi) 

1. the dawn, daybreak