召
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to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,114 U+53EC
How 召 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 刀 (phonetic, dāo)
How to remember it
summon · Heisig RSH #86
刀 sword + dagger + 口 mouth — as a component also called: summon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 刀
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 刀 (dāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刀 sound component | dāo | knife; old coin; measure |
| 叨 | dāo | talkative; grumbling |
| 忉 | dāo | grieving; distressed |
Words containing 召
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南召县 | Nán zhào Xiàn | Nanzhao, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 号召力 | hào zhào lì | to have the power to rally supporters |
| 召集人 | zhào jí rén | convener |
| 感召力 | gǎn zhào lì | appeal; attraction; charisma |
| 响应号召 | xiǎng yìng hào zhào | to answer a call to action |
| 应召女郎 | yìng zhào nǚ láng | call girl |
| 应召站 | yìng zhào zhàn | call girl center |
| 召陵区 | Shào líng Qū | Shaoling, a district of Luohe City 漯河市[Luo4 he2 Shi4], Henan |
| 召开 | zhào kāi | to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together |
| 南召 | Nán zhào | see 南召縣|南召县[Nan2 zhao4 Xian4] |
| 召回 | zhào huí | to recall (a product, an ambassador etc) |
| 召见 | zhào jiàn | call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview |
| 号召 | hào zhào | to call; to appeal |
| 应召 | yìng zhào | to respond to a call |
| 召集 | zhào jí | to convene; to call together |
| 感召 | gǎn zhào | to move and appeal; to rally to a cause; to impel; to inspire |
| 蒙召 | méng zhào | to be called by God |
| 选召 | xuǎn zhào | chosen and called |
| 征召 | zhēng zhào | to enlist; to draft; to conscript; to appoint to an official position |
| 呼召 | hū zhào | to call (to do something) |