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昭

zhāo

bright

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

召 sound component

召  Sound component

zhào, shào

  

summon

Evolution

昭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
昭 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
昭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

昭  

zhāo

bright, luminous; illustrious; bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly

Most common words with 昭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

昭

bright

臭名昭著

notorious

昭示

to make clear

昭和

Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yù​rén]

昭通

Zhaotong prefecture level city in Yunnan

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

照

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

照

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*taw

tsyew

zhāo

bright


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.6750% of movies

2832nd most common character in movies

2190th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+662D

Shuowen

“昭，日明也。从日，召聲。”


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