# 朝 — Morning

Frequency rank 317 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 工 (Construction), less common than 藤 (Wisteria).

- On’yomi: ちょう
- Kun’yomi: あさ
- Radical: 月 Moon (Kangxi 74)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 12

The moon (moon) glows on the left, a cross (cross) marks the center, and the sun (sun) rises on the right — the moon fades, the sun rises at the cross of horizon — morning arrives as night becomes day.

In words:

- 朝 あさ — morning
- 毎朝 まいあさ — every morning
- 今朝 けさ — this morning

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