朝日

Chinese

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (朝日)		朝	日
anagram		日朝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāorì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ jat⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāorì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaorìh
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-jih⁴
    • Yale: jāu-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauryh
    • Palladius: чжаожи (čžaoži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: jīu yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/

Noun

朝日

1. morning sun

   • 面若明月，輝似朝日。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     面若明月，辉似朝日。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 協和婚賦

     Miàn ruò míngyuè, huī sì zhāorì. [Pinyin]

     [Her] face is as if the bright moon , and [her] radiance is as if the morning sun.

Proper noun

朝日

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 朝日, Asahi

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
朝	日
あさ Grade: 2	ひ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
旭 旭日

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712.

Analyzable as a compound of 朝 (asa, “morning”) +‎ 日 (hi, “sun”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ​さひ [áꜜsàhì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠sa̠çi]

Noun

朝(あさ)日(ひ) • (asahi) 

1. [from 712] rising sun, morning sun

Derived terms

• 朝(あさ)日(ひ)のア (asahi no a)

Descendants

• Portuguese: Assaí

Proper noun

朝(あさ)日(ひ) • (Asahi) 

1. a surname

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.