Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

248 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea

Kunyomi: あさ

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つき

Meaning: moon, month

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

食(ちょうしょく)   breakfast

刊(ちょうかん)   morning newspaper

平安(へいあんちょう)   Heian period

(あさ)   morning

(まいあさ)   every morning

日(あさひ)   morning sun

御飯(あさごはん)   breakfast

*今(けさ)   this morning

Onyomi Examples

チョウ dynasty, reign, period, epoch, age, court, North Korea

チョウカン morning newspaper

ホンチョウ this land, our country, Imperial Court

オウチョウ dynasty

Kunyomi Examples

あさ morning, breakfast, next morning

あさがた early morning, early hours, early in the morning

後の のちのあした the morning after (having slept together)

しもあさ frosty morning