Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
月 (つき) – moon
肋 (キ, はだ) – texture; skin; body; grain
肉 (にく) – meat

Henshall Mnemonic: morning sun rises on plants, displacing moon

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #248 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 今朝   [けさ]
  (n-t) this morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝   [あさ]
  (n-adv,n-t) morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝ご飯   [あさごはん]
  (n) breakfast   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝御飯   [あさごはん]
  (n) breakfast   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 毎朝   [まいあさ]
  (n-adv,n-t) every morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 朝寝坊   [あさねぼう]
  (n,vs) oversleeping; late riser   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 朝方   [あさがた]
  (n-adv,n) toward morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝霧   [あさぎり]
  (n) morning fog   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝夕   [ちょうせき]
  (n-adv,n-t) morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝礼   [ちょうれい]
  (n) morning assembly (company); pep talk   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 北朝鮮   [きたちょうせん]
  North Korea   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 明朝   [みょうちょう]
  (n-adv,n-t) tomorrow morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 今朝   [こんちょう]
  (ik) (n-t) this morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 王朝   [おうちょう]
  (n) dynasty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 本朝   [ほんちょう]
  (n) this land; our country; Imperial Court   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝霞   [ちょうか]
  (arch) morning glow; morning mist (haze)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝刊   [ちょうかん]
  (n) morning newspaper   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 早朝   [そうちょう]
  (n-adv,n-t) early morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝顔   [あさがお]
  (n) (1) funnel shaped; bell (i.e. of a trumpet); (2) morning-glory (flower)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝食   [ちょうしょく]
  (n) breakfast   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 翌朝   [よくあさ]
  (n-adv,n-t) the next morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 翌朝   [よくちょう]
  (n-adv,n-t) the next morning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝鮮   [ちょうせん]
  Korea   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝鮮半島   [ちょうせんはんとう]
  Korean peninsula   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国   [ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく]
  People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝日   [あさひ]
  (n) morning sun   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝飯   [あさめし]
  (n) breakfast   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 朝晩   [あさばん]
  (n-adv,n-t) morning and evening   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 朝 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.