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朝

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 317 / 2,608

Morning

On’yomi
ちょう
Kun’yomi
あさ
Radical
月 Moon (Kangxi 74)
School grade
2
Strokes
12

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

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

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 morningN5
毎朝 まいあさ every morningN5
今朝 けさ this morningN5

朝 is rank 317 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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