晓
dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
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How 晓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 尧 (phonetic, yáo)
How to remember it
dawn · Heisig RSH #378
sun + javelin thrower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尧
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尧 (yáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尧 sound component | yáo | a legendary ancient emperor-sage |
| 烧 | shāo | to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast |
| 绕 | rào | to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve |
| 饶 | ráo | abundant, bountiful |
| 翘 | qiào | outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise |
| 挠 | náo | to yield; to scratch, to disturb |
| 浇 | jiāo | to spray, to sprinkle, to water |
| 跷 | qiāo | to stand on tiptoe; stilts |
| 侥 | jiǎo | to be lucky; by chance, by luck |
| 桡 | ráo | radius, forearm; a bent or twisted piece of wood |
| 蛲 | náo | parasitic worm; human pinworm |
| 骁 | xiāo | valiant, brave; skilled; a noble steed |
| 娆 | ráo | graceful, charming, fascinating |
| 荛 | ráo | fuel, firewood; grass, shrub; Wikstroemia japonica |
| 哓 | xiāo | garrulous; disturbed; restless |
| 硗 | qiāo | barren land; sandy soil |
| 铙 | náo | cymbals, hand-bell; to disturb |
Words containing 晓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无人不晓 | wú rén bù xiǎo | known to everyone |
| 晓以大义 | xiǎo yǐ dà yì | (idiom) to persuade by appealing to principle; to reason with sb on moral grounds |
| 天晓得 | tiān xiǎo de | Heaven knows! |
| 户告人晓 | hù gào rén xiǎo | to make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely; to shout from the rooftop… |
| 已见分晓 | yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo | the result becomes apparent; (after) the dust has settled |
| 赫鲁晓夫 | Hè lǔ xiǎo fu | Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953–1964 |
| 分晓 | fēn xiǎo | the result (becomes apparent); now one understands |
| 通晓 | tōng xiǎo | proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through |
| 晓得 | xiǎo de | to know |
| 报晓 | bào xiǎo | to herald the break of day |
| 家喻户晓 | jiā yù hù xiǎo | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name |
| 知晓 | zhī xiǎo | to know; to understand |
| 刘晓波 | Liú Xiǎo bō | Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Ch… |
| 破晓 | pò xiǎo | daybreak; dawn |
| 薄晓 | bó xiǎo | at dawn |
| 晓示 | xiǎo shì | to tell; to notify |
| 揭晓 | jiē xiǎo | to announce publicly; to publish; to make known; to disclose |
| 晓喻 | xiǎo yù | to inform; to convince |
| 晓谕 | xiǎo yù | variant of 曉喻|晓喻[xiao3 yu4] |
| 拂晓 | fú xiǎo | daybreak; approach of dawn |