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今朝

けさ

this morning

Mnemonic

今 now and 朝 morning welded together, and then read like neither of them. Sun up, moon still hanging there, and the case you packed last night still by the door: けさ.

Worth knowing

Irregular reading, けさ, never いまあさ.

Built from

now
A lid drawn shut over a single stroke, this moment, closed off from the rest.
morning
日 the sun caught among the strokes with 月 the moon still up beside it, the overlap at dawn.

Words sharing these kanji

now today next time this time until now this time this year after this, in the future tonight, this evening now (when it's too late), at this stage morning

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