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Kanji for Morning
The kanji for “morning” is 朝, read chou and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
morning
Morning; every day as a fresh start.
Morning glory flowers (Asagao) became a beloved horticultural passion among samurai and townspeople during the Edo era.
12 strokes On reading チョウ (chou) Kun reading あさ (asa) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period
Readings used for names on Nazuke: a, asa, chou, tomo
In Japan it appears in about 518 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 朝: Guadalupe 宮朝太瑠平 · Adam 朝太夢 · Diana 大朝南 · Iago 唯朝湖 · Daiana 大朝南 · Daiane 大朝嶺 · Dianna 大朝南 · Luana 琉朝南 · Biagio 美朝如
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