TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
曉
曉 ＝ 日 ＋ 堯
ㄒㄧㄠˇ · xiǎo
noun — dawn — verb — to know, understand; to make known
字源 FORM — what the parts do
堯聲yáo — gives the soundtall, lofty (clay heaped high)
IFTyáo → xiǎo — onset and rime shift
A sun (日) coming up — daybreak. 堯 yáo carries the sound, worn toward xiǎo. Light breaking over the dark gives clarity, and clarity gives knowing: 破曉 to dawn, 曉得 to know, 曉示 to make plain.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
東邊一亮，天就曉了，屋裡看得清清楚楚。
The east lights up, the day breaks, and the room comes clear to the eye.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)破曉、天明— dawn, daybreak常用
→曉得、知曉— to know, understand常用
→曉示、曉諭— to make known, instruct
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension