Memory phrase for the character: 暁

暁

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Meaning

dawn, daybreak

Pronunciation

 GYŌ
akatsuki

Explanation

 Left: sun 日, right: simplified forest 森, one 一 (= horizon) and legs 儿 (cf. 焼)

Mnemonic
 
If the sun comes through the forest (above the horizon) it is walking towards dawn. (before sun rise 旦)

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 rises above the horizon 一.
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 Vocabulary

暁光 ぎょうこう  the light of dawn, aurora

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