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Chinese symbol for “daybreak”

破晓
pò xiǎo
Traditional: 破曉
daybreak; dawn

The closest CC-CEDICT match for daybreak is 破晓 (pò xiǎo), defined as: daybreak; dawn.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

破 pò
to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
radical 112 ⽯ · 10 strokes
晓 xiǎo
dawn; clear, explicit, known
radical 72 ⽇ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “daybreak”

WordPinyinMeaning
曙shǔ(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4]
拂晓 (拂曉)fú xiǎodaybreak; approach of dawn
黎明lí míngdawn; daybreak
天刚亮 (天剛亮)tiān gāng liàngdaybreak
晓 (曉)xiǎodawn; daybreak

Related words

Other words that share a character with 破晓.

WordPinyinMeaning
破坏 (破壞)pò huàidestruction; damage
突破tū pòto break through; to make a breakthrough
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
破产 (破產)pò chǎnto go bankrupt; to become impoverished
破解pò jiěto break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
晓得 (曉得)xiǎo deto know
知晓 (知曉)zhī xiǎoto know; to understand

See also: Japanese symbol for “daybreak”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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