朝

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 朝六時に起きます。▶ —
   I wake up at 6 in the morning.
2. 朝ご飯を食べました。▶ —
   I ate breakfast.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Asa — 朝, morning. The sound is Yamato, a deep word for time. The kanji 朝 is the same in Korean "jo" (morning news, jogan). The character itself: sun rising through grass beside a moon — meet it again in Mandarin Roots. The greeting "ohayou" carries this very 朝 inside. The start of a day, made into a word.

Quick check

1. "Every morning" — natural Japanese?

   • 毎朝 maiasa (correct, fused compound)
   • 毎日朝 (literal, awkward)
   • 朝毎日 (wrong order)
   • 朝の毎 (ungrammatical)