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曉
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晓
🇨🇳
暁
🇯🇵

dawn

HSK 10 N1
Abstract →Time
xiǎo
ギョウ、キョウ
あかつき、さと.る
효
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (曉)
日 day+ 堯 Yao =
曉 dawn
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
堯 Phonetic component
Yao
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Simplified (晓)
日 day+ 尧 legendary =
晓 dawn
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
尧 Phonetic component
yáo legendary
a legendary ancient emperor-sage
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Japanese (暁)
日 day+ 尭 a legendary ancient =
暁 dawn
日
日
day
尭
尭
a legendary ancient
Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
晓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
晓 / 曉 [xiǎo]
dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
Japanese
暁 、 曉 (old) あかつき 、 あかとき (old) 同音

noun

  1. poetical dawn; daybreak
  2. event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence (usu. as 〜の暁に)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
当選のあかつきには皆様のために一生懸命に働きます。
Once elected, I will do my best for all of you who supported me.
Japanese Names
暁 あかつき
Akatsuki female given namesurname
暁 あかな
Akana female given name
暁 あき
Aki female given namesurname
暁 あきら
Akira female given name
暁 あつき
Atsuki unclassified name
暁 きょう
Kyō given name
暁 ぎょう
Gyou female given name
暁 さとし
Satoshi male given name
暁 さとる
Satoru female given name
暁 とおる
Tooru given name
暁 ゆたか
Yutaka unclassified name
曉 あかつき
Akatsuki surname
曉 あきら
Akira unclassified name
曉 ぎょう
Gyou given name
曉 さとる
Satoru unclassified name
曉 しょう
Shou female given name
CHINESE WORDS (22)
揭晓 [jiē​xiǎo] #3,043
to announce publicly
晓得 [xiǎo​de] #3,646
to know
知晓 [zhī​xiǎo] #7,929
to know
赫鲁晓夫 [Hè​lǔ​xiǎo​fu] #23,971
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964
家喻户晓 [jiā​yù​hù​xiǎo] #20,580
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
天晓得 [tiān​xiǎo​de] #12,569
Heaven knows!
破晓 [pò​xiǎo] #18,987
daybreak
通晓 [tōng​xiǎo] #18,019
proficient (in sth)
拂晓 [fú​xiǎo] #23,185
daybreak
分晓 [fēn​xiǎo] #45,846
the result (becomes apparent)
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JAPANESE WORDS (22)
⭐ 暁 [あかつき] #7,255
dawn
払暁 [ふつぎょう] #63,858
dawn
今暁 [こんぎょう] #74,682
this morning (at dawn)
早暁 [そうぎょう] #76,611
daybreak
通暁 [つうぎょう] #80,164
well versed
明けの明星 [あけのみょうじょう] #81,920
morning star
暁天 [ぎょうてん] #87,805
dawn
⭐ 暁星 [ぎょうせい] #99,500
morning star
暁の空 [あかつきのそら] #100,535
dawning sky
暁光 [ぎょうこう] #102,799
the light of dawn
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