揭晓

jiē xiǎo · HSK 7

to announce publicly

📢 揭 = lift/uncover (扌hand radical) + 晓 = dawn/make-known; uncover at dawn = announce publicly

揭 means to lift off or reveal (note the 扌hand radical for the lifting action), and 晓 means dawn or to make known. Together: to lift the cover so something becomes known to all — to announce or disclose publicly.

揭 — hand radical 扌 + 曷 (phonetic)
揭 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 carries the meaning of a physical action done with the hand, while 曷 supplies the sound (related to jiē/hé). Originally it meant to lift or raise something high, and from there extended to 'uncover, reveal, expose'.

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