晓谕

晓 xiǎo dawn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 曉.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

谕 yù, tǒu proclaim Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諭.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

曉 xiǎo dawn Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxewXqʰˤewʔunderstand
Zhengzhanghŋeːwʔ
Unicodexěu

說文解字

明也。从日堯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

諭 proclaim Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglos

說文解字

告也。从言俞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)