What is the Kanji for "Dawn"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Dawn", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Dawn" is "旦".

This kanji has 7 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Asa", "Aki", "Akira", "Tadashi", and "Ashita".

Its onyomi readings are "Dan" and "Tan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "日" means "Day" and "Sun" and can be read as "Jitsu", "Nichi", "Hi", and "Ka". And The kanji "一" means "One" and can be read as "Ichi", "Itsu", and "Hito".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "旦" mean in japanese?

"旦" means "Dawn".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

旦那: "Husband". The noun '旦那 (だんな)' refers to one's husband. It is a polite and respectful way to refer to one's spouse. This term is commonly used by wives to refer to their husbands. For example: My husband is very kind - (私の旦那はとてもやさしい). The master of the house - (旦那さま)

元旦: "New Year's Day". The noun '元旦 (がんたん)' refers to New Year's Day, the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is an important occasion in Japanese culture, marked by various traditions and celebrations. For example: New Year's Day is a national holiday in Japan - (元旦は日本の祝日です).

一旦: "Once". The adverb '一旦 (いったん)' means 'once'. It is used to indicate that something happens or is done a single time. '一旦' implies a temporary or intermediate step before moving on to something else. For example: Let's stop here once - (ここで一旦止まりましょう). I'll consider it once - (一旦検討してみます).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "だ" is read as "da". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "ら" is read as "ra". And The hiragana "し" is read as "shi".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.