昭
bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,952 U+662D
How 昭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 召 (phonetic, zhào)
How to remember it
evident · Heisig RSH #87
召 summon + sun
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 召
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 召 (zhào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 召 sound component | zhào | imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon |
| 超 | chāo | to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass |
| 绍 | shào | to connect; to introduce |
| 邵 | shào | various place names; surname |
| 沼 | zhǎo | lake, pond, swamp |
| 貂 | diāo | sable, mink, marten |
| 劭 | shào | to encourage; to excel; excellent |
| 迢 | tiáo | distant, far |
| 苕 | tiáo | rush, reed; trumpet vine |
| 髫 | tiáo | bangs, children's hairstyle; youngster |
| 笤 | tiáo | broom, besom |
| 怊 | chāo | grieving |
| 炤 | zhào | to illuminate, to light up; to reflect |
| 轺 | yáo | light carriage |
| 龆 | tiáo | to lose one's baby teeth |
Words containing 昭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 司马昭之心路人皆知 | Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī | lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret |
| 昭化区 | Zhāo huà Qū | Zhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 昭平县 | Zhāo píng Xiàn | Zhaoping, a county in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 昭通市 | Zhāo tōng Shì | Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 昭阳区 | Zhāo yáng Qū | Zhaoyang, a district of Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 司马昭 | Sī mǎ Zhāo | Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] |
| 昭苏县 | Zhāo sū Xiàn | Zhaosu, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4… |
| 昭化 | Zhāo huà | see 昭化區|昭化区[Zhao1 hua4 Qu1] |
| 昭平 | Zhāo píng | see 昭平縣|昭平县[Zhao1 ping2 Xian4] |
| 昭通 | Zhāo tōng | see 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4] |
| 昭觉县 | Zhāo jué Xiàn | Zhaojue, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 z… |
| 昭阳 | Zhāo yáng | see 昭陽區|昭阳区[Zhao1 yang2 Qu1] |
| 昭和 | Zhāo hé | Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu… |
| 恶名昭著 | è míng zhāo zhù | notorious; infamous |
| 王昭君 | Wáng Zhāo jūn | Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2… |
| 大昭寺 | Dà zhāo sì | Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism |
| 小昭寺 | Xiǎo zhāo sì | Ramoche Temple, Lhasa |
| 昭然若揭 | zhāo rán ruò jiē | abundantly clear |
| 唐昭宗 | Táng Zhāo zōng | Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李曄|李晔[Li1 Ye4] (867-904), r… |
| 昭雪 | zhāo xuě | to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate |