曙 (cyu5 syu5 | shu3) : daybreak; dawn

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曙

cyu5 syu5

shu3

daybreak; dawn

1. Jyutping cyu5 is standard reading; syu5 is variant.
2. [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

曙

This word has been viewed 2324 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 8th Jul 2014 10:38

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曙光 cyu5 gwong1 shu3 guang1 = dawn; the first light of dawn

曙光乍現 cyu5 gwong1 zaa6 jin6 shu3 guang1 zha4 xian4 = the first gleams of day

一線曙光 jat1 sin3 cyu5 gwong1 yi1 xian4 shu3 guang1 = a gleam of hope

曙色 cyu5 sik1 shu3 se4 = light of dawn; light at daybreak; light of early dawn

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Decimal representation of this word: 曙
Unicode code for this character: U+66d9 (off-site link)

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