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召

zhào, shào

summon

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

Components
刀 sound component

刀  Sound component

dāo

  

knife

口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

召 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
召 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
召 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
召 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
召 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

召  

zhào

imperial decree; summon; to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

召  

Shào

surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province

Most common words with 召
Freq.
Word
Meaning

召开

to convoke

召唤

to summon

召集

to convene

召

to summon

号召

to call

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (1 verified)

招 詔 诏 韶

Sound component in 20 characters (5 verified)

超 招 紹 绍 昭 沼 詔 诏 邵 韶 迢 貂 笤 劭 龆 苕 髫 轺 怊 炤

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]awʔ

dzyewX

shào

(place name)

*[d]raw-s

drjewH

zhào

summon


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 15.6495% of movies

1672nd most common character in movies

1214th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+53EC

Shuowen

“召，也。从口，刀聲。”


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