曙 = 日 + 署

曙 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bright”. It is built from 日 (sun) and 署 (public office).

Keyword: bright
Pinyin (Mandarin): shǔ
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: bright, light of rising sun, свет восходящего солнца, яркий, light of rising sun
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 曙 dawn

Decomposition

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日 sun
署 public office

How to find 曙 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sun” + “public office”. 曙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 曙 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.