Unicode: U+6653

Pinyin: xiǎo

Definition

* 天明。 ~市。拂~。破~。报~。 * 知道,懂得。 ~畅。~得。分~。 * 使人知道清楚。 ~示。~谕

dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit

Structure

晓 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_66C9
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
83_E18283_E18383_E184

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC