The Japanese Radical: 朝


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Meaning
morning    朝

Explanation The left part already stands for sunrise and is a variant of the sunrise 旦, where the sun is above the horizon. When the moon 月 is still there, it is the morning. The sunset is: 莫.

Used in these characters:
朝
JLPT 4Joyo 2
 morning
asa, CHŌ
 朝 月 艹 旦
Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹), right: moon 月
At sunrise, the moon is still there: It is morning.  
潮
JLPT 1Joyo 6
 seawater, tide
shio, CHŌ
 氵 朝 古 月
Left: water 氵, right: morning 朝 - BETTER: lake 湖, having the part: "old 古" both normal and upside-down to show changing directions of the tides.
The lake with changing directions stands for: seawater & tides.  
嘲
JLPT -Joyo 7
 ridicule, scoff, sneer
azakeru, CHŪ
 口 朝 月
Left: mouth 口, right: morning 朝 (= sunrise [= sun 日 rises between plants 艹] and the moon 月 is still there.)
This mouth early in the morning cannot but ridicule sneer.  

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