晓(xiǎo)

HSK 610 strokesTrad. 曉

dawn

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Character information

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

Origin & structure

Where 晓 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰日尧

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

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

Made of

日rì尧yáo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 晓 step by step

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

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Words with 晓

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

xiǎo晓de得
HSK 6

to know

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jiā家yù喻hù户xiǎo晓
HSK 7-9

understood by everyone (idiom); well known

Open 家喻户晓 page →
jiē揭xiǎo晓
HSK 7-9

to announce publicly

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fēn分xiǎo晓

the result (becomes apparent); now one understands

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bào报xiǎo晓

to herald the break of day

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fú拂xiǎo晓

daybreak; approach of dawn

Open 拂晓 page →
hù户gào告rén人xiǎo晓

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

Open 户告人晓 page →
xiǎo晓yǐ以dà大yì义

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

Open 晓以大义 page →

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 晓’s common words

得家喻户揭分报拂

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