曙

曙

曙 U+66D9, 曙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66D9 ← 曘 [U+66D8] CJK Unified Ideographs 曚 → [U+66DA]

Translingual

Han character

曙 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日田中日 (AWLA), four-corner 6606₄, composition ⿰日署)

References

• KangXi: page 501, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14220
• Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1538, character 9
• Unihan data for U+66D9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		曙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
觰	*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸	*tjaː, *tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	*djaː, *taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠	*daː, *da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	*ta, *da
櫫	*ta
褚	*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著	*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸	*tas, *das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	*tja, *djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djas) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 暑 (OC *hjaʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔ (shu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵, syu⁵, syu⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sú / sí / sìr / sír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu³
    • Yale: shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵, syu⁵, syu⁶
    • Yale: chyúh, syúh, syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵, sy⁵, sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵, xu⁵, xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyː¹³/, /ʃyː¹³/, /ʃyː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú
    • Tâi-lô: sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí
    • Tâi-lô: sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
    • Tâi-lô: sìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír
    • Tâi-lô: sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• Quanzhou:
  • sú, sír - colloquial variants.

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨʌ^H/

Rime
Character	曙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常恕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʑiɔH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曙
Reading #	1/1
No.	17011
Phonetic component	者
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	署
Old Chinese	/*djas/

Definitions

曙

1. daybreak; dawn

Compounds

一曙 向曙 戒曙 拂曙 昏曙 曙光 (shǔguāng) 曙天 曙影 曙日 曙星 曙更 曙月 曙河 (shǔhé) 曙然 曙色 (shǔsè) 曙角

曙霞 曙鼓 清曙 爽曙 犁曙 破曙 通曙 逼曙 邌曙 霞曙 曙斗 一線曙光／一线曙光 分宵達曙／分宵达曙 啟曙／启曙 徹曙／彻曙 曙光乍現／曙光乍现

曙後星孤／曙后星孤 曙暉／曙晖 曙煙／曙烟 曙華／曙华 曙鐘／曙钟 曙雞／曙鸡 曙風／曙风 曙體／曙体 煙曙／烟曙 發曙／发曙 連宵徹曙／连宵彻曙 連昏達曙／连昏达曙 達曙／达曙 遲曙／迟曙 開曙／开曙

References

• “曙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Shinjitai	曙
Kyūjitai [1]	曙󠄁 曙+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	曙󠄃 曙+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

曙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. dawn
2. daybreak

Readings

• Go-on: じょ (jo)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: あかつき (akatsuki, 曙); あけぼの (akebono, 曙); あける (akeru, 曙ける)
• Nanori: あきら (akira); あけ (ake)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
曙
あけぼの Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of 明け (ake, “brighten”) +‎ 仄 (hono, “faint”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) あけぼの [àkébónó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ke̞bo̞no̞]

Noun

曙(あけぼの) • (akebono) 

1. dawn (the time when night fades and the morning faintly brightens)
   • Sei Shōnagon, The Pillow Book

     春(はる)はあけぼの。やうやうしろくなり行く、山(やま)ぎはすこしあかりて、むらさきだちたる雲(くも)のほそくたなびきたる。

     haru wa akebono. yōyō shiroku nariyuku, yamagiwa sukoshi akarite, murasakidachitaru kumo no hosoku tanabikitaru.

     In spring, the dawn – when the slowly paling mountain rim is tinged with red, and wisps of faintly crimson-purple cloud float in the sky

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:明け方

References

1. “曙”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 曙 (MC d͡ʑɨʌ^H). Recorded as Middle Korean 셔〯 (syě) (Yale: sye) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource曙 (eumhun 새벽 서 (saebyeok seo))

1. Hanja form^? of 서 (“dawn”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 서광 (曙光, seogwang, “dawn”)
• 서경 (曙景, seogyeong, “a view at dawn”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

曙: Hán Nôm readings: thự

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References

• Nom Foundation