晓

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dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 尧 sound ( yáo )

Components 日尧

dawn · Heisig RSH #378

sun + javelin thrower

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

Characters sharing the sound component 尧 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尧 sound part	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