家喻户晓 (jiā yù hù xiǎo)

Character breakdown

• 家 (jiā) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and a remnant of 豭 represents the sound.

• 喻 (Yù) · 12 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

• 户 (hù) · 4 strokes

  Variant of 戶. Pictograph of a door, similar to the left half of 門.

• 晓 (xiǎo) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 曉.

Usage

这个故事家喻户晓。

understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name

zhè ge gù shì jiā yù hù xiǎo 。