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“to open” + “time, moment, hour”
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[a̠ka̠na̠] · Japanese
01 / Meaning & origin
暁 is a unisex given name documented in Japanese. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Japanese 曉, from the components “to open” + “time, moment, hour”.
6 source accounts
Meaning: “to open” + “time, moment, hour”
⟨aka to₂ki₁⟩ → */akatəkʲi/ → /akat͡suki/ From Old Japanese 曉 (akato₂ki₁). Originally a compound of 明(あ)か (aka, 未(み)然(ぜん)形(けい) (mizenkei, “irrealis or incomplete form”) of verb 明(あ)く (aku, “to open”)) + 時(とき) (toki, “time, moment, hour”).
/ɡeu/ → */ɡʲəː/ → /ɡʲoː/ From Middle Chinese 曉 (MC xewX).
Meaning: “clear, visible”
Nominalization of the stem of adjective 明(あき)らか (akiraka, “clear, visible”).
Meaning: “clever, smart, sharp”
Nominalization of classical adjective 聡(さと)し (satoshi), modern 聡(さと)い (satoi, “clever, smart, sharp”).
Nominalization of verb 悟(さと)る (satoru, “to perceive, to understand”).
Nominalization of verb 通(とお)る (tōru, “to be wise”).
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