曉
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xiǎo · dawn

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16Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 曉

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Example sentences

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Tā xiǎo dé nǐ zuò le shén mó má?他曉得你做了什麼嗎?

Does he know what you've done?

Source: Tatoeba #10324243 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mén suǒ yǒu de mì mì dōu yǐ jīng bèi jiē xiǎo le.他們所有的秘密都已經被揭曉了。

All their secrets have been revealed.

Source: Tatoeba #794051 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhēnxiàng zǒng suàn zài wǒ mén miàn qián jiē xiǎo le.真相總算在我們面前揭曉了。

At last, the truth was revealed to us.

Source: Tatoeba #3149502 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yuè tōng xiǎo zhè gè yǔ yán , tā yuè bù xǐ huān tā.他越通曉這個語言, 他越不喜歡它。

The better he knows the language, the less he likes it.

Source: Tatoeba #777052 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Guó wáng de xiào xiàng jiē xiǎo, shōu huò le rè liè de zhǎng shēng.國王的肖像揭曉,收穫了熱烈的掌聲。

The king’s portrait was unveiled to great applause.

Source: Tatoeba #13175454 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ yǐ jīng zhī xiǎo le má?湯姆已經知曉了嗎?

Does Tom already know?

Source: Tatoeba #10477422 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 曉 in context

  1. Say xiǎo, then recall the core meaning: dawn.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 曉 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.