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朝

あさ

morning

Mnemonic

The sun already up with the moon not gone yet, both of them in the sky at once. Six in the morning, and somebody two doors down starts a saw あさ: あさ.

Worth knowing

今朝 けさ is this morning and does not use あさ at all. 朝ご飯 あさごはん is breakfast.

Built from

morning
日 the sun caught among the strokes with 月 the moon still up beside it, the overlap at dawn.

Words sharing these kanji

this morning

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