邵 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

shào

surname

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

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

召 Sound component

zhào, shào

summon

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shào

surname; various place names

Shào

surname Shao; place name

Most common words with 邵

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	邵	surname Shao
	邵阳	Shaoyang prefecture level city in Hunan
	邵逸夫	Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
	邵阳市	Shaoyang prefecture level city in Hunan
	邵武	Shaowu county level city in Nanping 南平[Nánpíng] Fujian