朝日

Chinese
 
morning; to face; towards
morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(朝日)		 朝 日
anagram 日朝

Pronunciation

Noun

朝日

  1. morning sun

Proper noun

朝日

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 朝日, Asahi

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
朝 日
あさ
Grade: 2		 ひ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
旭
旭日

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712.[1]

Analyzable as a compound of 朝 (asa, “morning”) +‎ 日 (hi, “sun”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

朝(あさ)日(ひ) • (asahi) 

  1. [from 712] rising sun, morning sun

Derived terms
  • 朝(あさ)日(ひ)のア (asahi no a)

Descendants
  • Portuguese: Assaí

Proper noun

朝(あさ)日(ひ) • (Asahi) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. “朝日・旭”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “朝日”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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