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曙 = 日 + 署

曙 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dawn”. It is built from 日 (day) and 署 (signature). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2524.

Keyword
dawn
RTK frame
2524
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あけぼの
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
рассвет
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
曙 bright

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 日 day
  2. 署 signature

How to find 曙 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “day” + “signature”. 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.