(xiǎo)

HSK 610 strokesTrad.

dawn

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
xiǎo
Meaning
dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰日尧

In this compound, the meaning comes from (sun); supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xiǎode
HSK 6

to know

Open 晓得 page →
HSK 7-9

understood by everyone (idiom); well known

Open 家喻户晓 page →
jiēxiǎo
HSK 7-9

to announce publicly

Open 揭晓 page →
fēnxiǎo

the result (becomes apparent); now one understands

Open 分晓 page →
bàoxiǎo

to herald the break of day

Open 报晓 page →
xiǎo

daybreak; approach of dawn

Open 拂晓 page →

to make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely

Open 户告人晓 page →

(idiom) to persuade by appealing to principle; to reason with sb on moral grounds

Open 晓以大义 page →

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