暁 = 日 + 尭

暁 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “dawn”. It is built from 日 (sun) and 尭 (a legendary ancient emperor-sage).

Keyword: dawn
Pinyin (Mandarin): xiǎo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: dawn, daybreak, рассвет, daybreak
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 暁 daybreak

Decomposition

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日 sun
尭 a legendary ancient emperor-sage

How to find 暁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sun” + “a legendary ancient emperor-sage”. 暁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 暁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.