Hanja Analyzer
曙

曙 — seo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
새벽 서
Romanization
seo
English
bright, light of rising sun
Mandarin
shǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ショ
Japanese kun'yomi
あけぼの
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,518 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
日 (72, 14 residual)
Unicode
U+66D9

Parts that make up 曙

  • 日 날 일 해해와 밝기, 그리고 하루와 때
  • 署 마을[官廳] 서

How 曙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 曙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 日, 暑.

Korean example words with 曙

  • 서색曙色 Korean gloss: 새벽 빛
  • 서천曙天 Korean gloss: 새벽 하늘.
  • 서운曙雲 Korean gloss: 새벽녘의 구름.
  • 안서岸曙 Korean gloss: ‘김억’의 호.
  • 서일曙日 Korean gloss: 아침 무렵의 해.
  • 서종曙鐘 Korean gloss: 새벽에 치는 종.
  • 서해曙海 Korean gloss: ‘최학송’의 호.
  • 서경曙景 Korean gloss: 동이 틀 무렵의 경치.
  • 서고曙鼓 Korean gloss: 새벽을 알리는 북소리.
  • 서오曙烏 Korean gloss: 새벽녘에 울며 나는 까마귀.
  • 불서拂曙 Korean gloss: 날이 막 밝아 동이 틀 무렵.
  • 서월曙月 Korean gloss: 새벽녘까지 지지 아니하고 희미하게 남아 있는 달.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 曙

  • 曙あけぼの dawn; daybreak; beginning
  • 曙光しょこう dawn; daybreak; first light of day
  • 曙貴あけたか era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
  • 曙草アケボノソウ Swertia bimaculata (species of felwort)
  • 曙色あけぼのいろ salmon (color, colour); pink with a yellow tinge
  • 曙貴時代あけたかじだい era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
  • 曙蝶々魚アケボノチョウチョウウオ blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus)
  • 曙繻子蘭あけぼのしゅすらん leafy goodyera (Goodyera foliosa)

Other hanja read “서”

Other hanja with radical 日

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