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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “daybreak”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曙 | shǔ | (bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4] |
| 拂晓 (拂曉) | fú xiǎo | daybreak; approach of dawn |
| 黎明 | lí míng | dawn; daybreak |
| 天刚亮 (天剛亮) | tiān gāng liàng | daybreak |
| 晓 (曉) | xiǎo | dawn; daybreak |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 破晓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破坏 (破壞) | pò huài | destruction; damage |
| 突破 | tū pò | to break through; to make a breakthrough |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 破产 (破產) | pò chǎn | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished |
| 破解 | pò jiě | to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down |
| 晓得 (曉得) | xiǎo de | to know |
| 知晓 (知曉) | zhī xiǎo | to 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.