Where does “曙” come from?

曙 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 明け — daybreak.

曙 (Japanese): dawn

Definitions

  1. dawn

Ancestry of “曙”, step by step

曙 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 明け

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese明けdaybreak

via Japanese 仄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese仄faint

Words derived from “曙”

Every word from Japanese 明け →