晨: dawn

 

晨 chén

: morning; dawn; daybreak

Kun Reading

朝 | あした ashita OR あさ asa

noun
: morning

暁 | あかつき akatsuki

noun
: dawn; daybreak
: event (i.e. “in the event of …”); occasion; occurrence

 Usage:

晨報[报] chen2bao4: morning newspaper; (in a newspaper’s name) Morning Post

[朝刊 | ちょうかん choukan: morning newspaper]

晨勃 chen2bo2: morning erection

[朝立ち | あさだち asadachi: nocturnal penile tumescence; erection when waking in the morning; morning glory; morning wood
: early morning departure]

晨昏 chen2hun1: morning and twilight; day and night

晨星 chen2xing1: morning stars

晨曦 chen2xi1: first rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn

早晨 zao3chen2: early morning

清晨 qing1chen2: early morning

凌晨 ling2chen2: very early in the morning; in the wee hours

今晨 jin1chen2: this morning

侵晨 qin1chen2: towards dawn

Japanese common word
晨朝 | しんちょう shinchou OR じんじょう jinjou OR じんちょう jinchou
: around six o’clock AM; dawn service

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
晨夕共處 [晨夕共处] chen2 xi1 gong4 chu3
: to be together from morning until night

晨鐘暮鼓 [晨钟暮鼓] chen2 zhong1 mu4 gu3
: lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice; fig. encouragement to study or progress

暮鼓晨鐘 [暮鼓晨钟] mu4 gu3 chen2 zhong1
: lit. evening drum, morning bell; fig. Buddhist monastic practice; the passage of time in a disciplined existence
This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition

牝雞司晨 [牝鸡司晨] pin4 ji1 si1 chen2
: the hen (female chicken) crows at daybreak; a woman usurps authority; women meddle in politics. The woman wears the pants in a relationship.

寥若晨星 liao2 ruo4 chen2 xing1
: as morning stars (idiom); few and far between; sparse

一日之計在於晨 [一日之计在于晨] yi1 ri4 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chen2
: your day’s plan early in the morning; early morning is the golden time of the day

善有善報，惡有惡報，若然不報時晨未到 [善有善报，恶有恶报，若然不报时晨未到] shan4 you3 shan4 bao4 , e4 you3 e4 bao4 , ruo4 ran2 bu4 bao4 shi2 chen2 wei4 dao4
: Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time