Dawn
in Japanese
暁
Akatsuki
dawn
How Japanese people write Dawnドーン
Character by character
Other ways to write Dawn
曙
Akebono
daybreak
道恩
Dō · On
way · gratitude
About Dawn in Japanese
In Japan, Dawn is written ドーン in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 暁 is read Akatsuki. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 暁 (Akatsuki, dawn).
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How do you write Dawn in Japanese?+
Dawn is written ドーン in katakana. A kanji spelling is 暁, read Akatsuki.
What does 暁 mean?+
Character by character, 暁 means dawn.
Is 暁 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Akatsuki and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Dawn is written in katakana: ドーン.