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家喻戶曉

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
known to every household; ubiquitously known; widespread; extremely well-known
  • 家喻户晓
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Origin

The phrase comes from Liu Zongyuan's prose, *The New Hall of Prefect Wei of Yongzhou*. In certain versions of this text, the character 曉 (to know) is replaced by 饒 (prosperous).

家 (home) contains the semantic component 宀 (a type of deep house with walls on all four sides and a roof) and the phonetic component 𢑓 (pig). 喻 (to inform; to notify; to explain) uses the semantic component 口 (mouth) and the phonetic component 俞 (to hollow a tree to make a boat). 戶 means door. 曉 (dawn; daybreak) consists of the semantic component 日 (sun) and the phonetic component 堯 (lofty; high), which itself contains the semantic component 兀 (towering) and the phonetic component 垚 (tall).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

這個成語出自柳宗元的名篇〈永州新廳記〉。需要注意的是，在某些版本的文本中，使用的是「饒」（意為繁榮）而非「曉」（意為知道）。

在字形構成上，「家」字包含意符「宀」（一種有四壁、屋頂與大廳的深宅），並由音符「𢑓」或「豭」組成；其中「豭」字包含意符「豕」（豬或野豬），並以「叚」作為音符。「喻」字包含意符「口」（嘴巴），並由音符「俞」組成。「曉」字包含意符「日」（太陽），並由音符「堯」組成；而「堯」字包含意符「兀」（高聳）與音符「垚」（高）。「戶」字則構成此成語的一部分。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

Lineage

  • characterChinese家 “home”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese𢑓 “pig.”
    • soundChinese豭 “boar; male pig”
      • meaningChinese豕 “pig; boar”
      • soundChinese叚 “original form of 假 (jiǎ, “to borrow”)”
        • ideaChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
        • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
        • ideaChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)”
  • characterChinese喻 “to inform; to notify; to explain”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • soundChinese俞 “to hollow a tree to make a boat”
  • characterChinese戶 “door”
  • characterChinese曉 “dawn; daybreak”
    • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
    • soundChinese堯 “lofty; high”
      • soundChinese垚 “tall”
      • meaningChinese兀 “towering”
Wiktionary etymology text

From Liu Zongyuan's famous prose The New Hall of Prefect Wei of Yongzhou:

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Note that in certain versions of this text, 饒／饶 (ráo, “prosperous”) is in place of 曉／晓 (xiǎo, “to know”).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Meanings

phrase
  1. known to every household; ubiquitously known; widespread; extremely well-known

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 家家戶戶都知道，形容事情或名聲傳布極廣。 例：她是家喻戶曉的大明星，因此一舉一動都格外引人注目。

© Ministry of Education, Taiwan — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW, shown unaltered.

Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wiktionary: 家喻戶曉