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Translingual
Han character
曉 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日土土山 (AGGU), four-corner 64011, composition ⿰日堯)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 500, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14176
- Dae Jaweon: page 870, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1535, character 1
- Unihan data for U+66C9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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撓
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*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
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鐃
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*rŋaːw
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譊
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*rŋaːw
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橈
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*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
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磽
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
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墝
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw
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穘
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*hŋreːw
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顤
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*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
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燒
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*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
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饒
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*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
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蟯
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*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
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蕘
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*ŋjew
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襓
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*ŋjew
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繞
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*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
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遶
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*ŋjewʔ
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嬈
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*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
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趬
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*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
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蹺
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*ŋ̊ʰew
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翹
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*ɡew, *ɡews
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澆
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*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
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驍
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*ŋkeːw
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僥
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*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
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堯
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*ŋeːw
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垚
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*ŋeːw
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嶢
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*ŋeːw
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獟
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*ŋeːws
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膮
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*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
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嘵
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*hŋeːw
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憢
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*hŋeːw
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曉
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*hŋeːwʔ
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皢
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*hŋeːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hŋeːwʔ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).
Pronunciation
Note:
- hiao2 - Shantou;
- hiou2 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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曉
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiǎo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ xewX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰˁewʔ/
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English
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understand
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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曉
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14699
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Phonetic component
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垚
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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䥵
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Old Chinese
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/*hŋeːwʔ/
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Definitions
曉
- dawn; daybreak
- 破曉/破晓 ― pòxiǎo ― dawn, daybreak; to dawn
- to know; to understand; to get
- 通曉/通晓 ― tōngxiǎo ― to thoroughly understand
- (Hakka, including Huiyang Hakka, Huicheng dialect) will; would
(Can we date this quote?), “海南鷄飯”, 张少林 (lyrics), 伍佰 (music)performed by 张少林:
齐家吃开晓来称赞 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, simp.]
齊家吃開曉來稱讚 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad.]- After eating it, everyone would come to applaud
- a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
會 (“to know how to; to be able to”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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會
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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會
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Taiwan
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會
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Malaysia
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會
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Singapore
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會
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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會
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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會
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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會
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Wuhan
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會, 曉得
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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會
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Hefei
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會
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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會, 識, 識得, 曉
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Hong Kong
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識, 識得, 曉
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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識
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Macau
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識
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Taishan
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會, 識, 識領, 曉, 曉領
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Yangjiang
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會, 識
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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識
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Penang (Guangfu)
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識
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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識
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Gan
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Nanchang
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會, 曉得
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Hakka
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Meixian
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會, 識得, 曉, 曉得
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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曉得, 會
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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曉得, 會
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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曉得, 會
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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曉得, 曉
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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曉得, 會
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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會, 會曉
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Hong Kong
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曉
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Sabah (Bao'an)
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曉
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Kuching (Hepo)
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曉
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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會
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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惡
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Jianyang (Huangkeng)
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解
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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會
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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會, 會曉
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Quanzhou
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會, 會曉
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Zhangzhou
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會, 會曉
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Taipei
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會, 會曉
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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會, 會曉
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Kaohsiung
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會, 會曉
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Yilan
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會, 會曉
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Changhua (Lukang)
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會, 會曉
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Taichung
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會, 會曉
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Tainan
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會, 會曉
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Hsinchu
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會
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Kinmen
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會
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Penghu (Magong)
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會
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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會曉
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Manila (Hokkien)
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會曉
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Medan (Hokkien)
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會曉
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Chaozhou
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會, 會曉
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Shantou
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會, 會曉
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Shantou (Chaoyang)
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會
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Singapore (Teochew)
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會曉
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Wenchang
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捌
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Qionghai
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捌
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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捌
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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捌, 捌得
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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識
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Wu
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Shanghai
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會, 曉得
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Suzhou
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會
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Wenzhou
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會
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Xiang
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Changsha
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會, 曉得
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Shuangfeng
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會, 曉得
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
曉
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 暁)
- Kyūjitai form of 暁
Readings
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 曉 – see the following entry.
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【暁】S
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- jōyō kanji
Kanji reading:きょう, ぎょう, あかつき, さとす, さとる, あき, あきら, あけ, あつき, さとし, てる, とき, とし, ゆたか
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(This term, 曉, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 曉 (MC xewX).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource
曉 (eumhun 새벽 효 (saebyeok hyo))
- hanja form? of 효 (“dawn”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Old Japanese
Etymology
From 明か (aka, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 明く (aku), “to open”) + 時 (to2ki1, “time, moment, hour”).[1][2]
Noun
曉 (akato2ki1) (kana あかとき)
- the dawn, daybreak
- , text here
安可登吉爾名能里奈久奈流保登等藝須伊夜米豆良之久於毛保由流香母- akato2ki1 ni nano2ri nakunaru poto2to2gi1su iya medurasiku omopoyuru ka mo
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- 曉降ち (akato2ki1kudati)
- 曉月夜 (akato2ki1-dukuyo1)
- 曉露 (akato2ki1tuyu)
- 曉闇 (akato2ki1yami2)
Descendants
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Vietnamese
Han character
曉: Hán Nôm readings: hẻo, hểu, hiểu
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