晓 (xiǎo): dawn, know
晓 (xiǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “dawn, know.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 尧 (phonetic). It ranks #1349 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 晓 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- dawn, know
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揭晓 | jiē xiǎo | to announce publicly |
| 晓得 | xiǎo de | to know |
| 知晓 | zhī xiǎo | to know |
| 天晓得 | tiān xiǎo de | Heaven knows! |
| 通晓 | tōng xiǎo | proficient (in sth) |
| 破晓 | pò xiǎo | daybreak |
| 家喻户晓 | jiā yù hù xiǎo | understood by everyone (idiom) |
| 拂晓 | fú xiǎo | daybreak |
| 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) |
| 报晓 | bào xiǎo | to herald the break of day |
| 无人不晓 | wú rén bù xiǎo | known to everyone |
| 已见分晓 | yǐ jiàn fēn xiǎo | the result becomes apparent |
| 晓以大义 | xiǎo yǐ dà yì | to reason with sb |
| 户告人晓 | hù gào rén xiǎo | to make known to every household (idiom) |
晓 appears in 21 compound words: 24 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 晓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
to make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely; to shout from the rooftops
known to every household; ubiquitously known; widespread; extremely well-known
to make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely; to shout from the rooftops
known to every household; ubiquitously known; widespread; extremely well-known
Example Sentences
家喻户晓的品牌通常有很高的市场认知度。
Jiā yù hù xiǎo de pǐnpái tōngcháng yǒu hěn gāo de shìchǎng rènzhī dù.
Household-name brands usually have high market recognition.
...026年PPA亚洲职业匹克球巡回赛赛程揭晓,香港大满贯赛将成为压轴赛事
. . . 0 2 6 nián P P A yà zhōu zhí yè pǐ kè qiú xún huí sài sài chéng jiē xiǎo , xiāng gǎng dà mǎn guàn sài jiāng chéng wéi yā zhóu sài shì
... The schedule for the 026 PPA Asian Professional Pickleball Tour has been announced, and the Hong Kong Grand Slam will be the finale
...桃满十八岁可以用的吗?使用前这些要点需知晓
. . . táo mǎn shí bā suì kě yǐ yòng de ma ? shǐ yòng qián zhè xiē yāo diǎn xū zhī xiǎo
... Can peaches be used at the age of eighteen? These points need to be known before use
财神爷送台湾大礼?翁晓玲:台美贸易协定已无审查必要
cái shén yé sòng tái wān dà lǐ ? wēng xiǎo 玲 tái měi mào yì xié dìng yǐ wú shěn chá bì yāo
God of Wealth Bestows Grand Gift on Taiwan? Weng Xiaoling: No Need for Further Review of Taiwan-U.S. Trade Agreement
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wài mài qí shǒu huáng xiǎo qín zuò qí shǒu yǔ shè huì lián jiē de niǔ dài zài chūn tiān xǔ yī . . . .
Huang Xiaoqin, Food Delivery Rider: Bridging Connections Between Riders and Society | Making a Wish in Spring...
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yù jiàn jīn mǎ cái tōng zhèng quàn zī guǎn mǎ xiǎo lì hòu zhí jīn róng wéi mín de sè , yǐ . .
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汤姆已经知晓了吗？
Tāngmǔ yǐjīng zhīxiǎo le ma?
Does Tom already know?
您无需通晓多国语言。
Nín wúxū tōngxiǎo duōguó yǔyán.
It doesn't require you to be a polyglot.
真相总算在我们面前揭晓了。
Zhēnxiàng zǒngsuàn zài wǒmen miànqián jiēxiǎo le.
At last, the truth was revealed to us.
这则故事最悲情的部分尚未揭晓。
Zhè zé gùshi zuì bēi qíng de bùfen shàngwèi jiēxiǎo.
The saddest part of the story remains to be told.
Character Family
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