zhào
illumine
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.
Evolution

Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*taw-s | tsyewH | zhào | shine on |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+70A4 |
Sources
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