Chinese Character 曉 Meanings and components.

Form

曉

Meaning

曉 meaning[3] in English

Dawn.

Daybreak.

To Know.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 曉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and surname Yao (堯)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with AGGU

How to write 曉

To write曉xiao3dawn you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 堯yao2surname Yao arranged in a 吅 shape:

日 + 堯 = 曉

曉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 曉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 曉, looks as follow:

曉
Pinyin:xiao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Daybreak . To Know . To Let Sb Know . To Make Explicit
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
堯
Pinyin:yao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao . Yao Or Tang Yao (C. 2200 Bc), One Of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], Second Son Of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
垚
Pinyin:yao2 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 堯|尧, Legendary Emperor Yao, C. 2200 Bc . Embankment
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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