朝 – morning, dynasty, regime

12 strokesTaught in grade 2#248 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 朝 means morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あさ (asa). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 月 (no. 74).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	あさ	asa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 月 (Kangxi radical 74). Components: 月・十・日.

Words using 朝

朝あさmorning今朝けさthis morning毎朝まいあさevery morning朝御飯あさごはんbreakfast朝寝坊あさねぼうsleeping late in the morning

Example sentences

６月にしては寒い朝だ。

It is a cold morning for June.

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今朝はとても寒かった。

It was very cold this morning.

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私は毎朝六時に起きます。

I get up at six every morning.

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Kanji with the same radical

月期有望服朗

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