Japanese Kanji
朝chou
morning · dynasty · regime
Grade 2 · JLPT N3 · 12 strokes
Morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea.
朝 is taught in grade 2 of Japanese elementary school — one of the earliest kanji children learn. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N3 (intermediate) level. With 12 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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