Where does “曙色” come from?

曙色 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 曙, from Japanese 明け — daybreak.

曙色 (Japanese): pink tinged with yellow

Definitions

  1. pink tinged with yellow

Ancestry of “曙色”, step by step

曙色 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 曙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese曙dawn
2Japanese明けdaybreak

via Japanese 色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese色color
2Middle Chinese色—
Every word from Japanese 明け →Every word from Japanese 曙 →
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