U+66C9 "曉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
曉
U+66C9 "曉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents the concept of dawn, daybreak, or to know and understand, often conveying the idea of light or clarity emerging at the start of a new day. It is composed of the radical for sun (日) on the left and a phonetic component that hints at its pronunciation, which is typically read as "xiǎo" in Mandarin. This character appears in various East Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, and is frequently used in classical poetry, personal names, and expressions related to awakening or enlightenment.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+66C9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 曉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 曉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9B 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x66C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000066C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u66c9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BEE5 |
| kCCCII | 214348 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-706E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-706E |
| kCangjie | AGGU |
| kCantonese | hiu2 |
| kCihaiT | 647.301 |
| kCowles | 1095 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0870.120 |
| kDefinition | dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit |
| kEACC | 214348 |
| kFanqie | 馨皛 |
| kFenn | 391C |
| kFennIndex | 172.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6401.1 |
| kGB1 | 4794 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 1164f |
| kHangul | 효:0E |
| kHanYu | 21535.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiǎo(83) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21535.010:xiǎo |
| kHKGlyph | 1807 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0870.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21535.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0500.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4F7E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BEE5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5A7C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4D9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7C7B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-706E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-586F |
| kJapanese | ギョウ あかつき |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+6681 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | AKATSUKI SATORU |
| kJapaneseOn | GYOU KYOU |
| kJis0 | 5892 |
| kKangXi | 0500.170 |
| kKarlgren | 222 |
| kKorean | HYO |
| kLau | 1190 |
| kMandarin | xiǎo |
| kMatthews | 2594 |
| kMeyerWempe | 737 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013426 MJ013426:E0101 MJ059694:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 14176 14176:E0101 |
| kNelson | 2158 |
| kPhonetic | 1598 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5121+72.4.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 72.12 |
| kSBGY | 296.17 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "晓" U+6653 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 296.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xiǎo粵hiu2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2556 |
| kTang | *xěu |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hẻo |
| kXerox | 245:166 |
| kXHC1983 | 1271.021:xiǎo |