xiǎo = xi + ao3
dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit
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How to pronounce 晓

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

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+ ao3 final

In the aorta’s living room.

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晓 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yáo = y + ao2
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]
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= r + Ø4
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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= r + Ø4
sun / day / date, day of the month
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Characters with 晓 as component

晓 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 晓

to announce publicly / to publish / to make known / to disclose
to know
to know / to understand

Sentences with 晓

晓 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiǎo

dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit

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