昭
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bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 昭
- Common rank
- #1,952
- Unicode
- U+662D
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Formation & memory
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Words with 昭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 司马昭之心路人皆知 | lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret | |
| 昭化区 | Zhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 昭平县 | Zhaoping, a county in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 昭通市 | Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 昭阳区 | Zhaoyang, a district of Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 司马昭 | Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] | |
| 昭苏县 | 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 | see 昭化區|昭化区[Zhao1 hua4 Qu1] | |
| 昭平 | see 昭平縣|昭平县[Zhao1 ping2 Xian4] | |
| 昭通 | see 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4] | |
| 昭觉县 | 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 | see 昭陽區|昭阳区[Zhao1 yang2 Qu1] | |
| 昭和 | Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu… | |
| 恶名昭著 | notorious; infamous | |
| 王昭君 | 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 | Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism | |
| 小昭寺 | Ramoche Temple, Lhasa | |
| 昭然若揭 | abundantly clear | |
| 唐昭宗 | Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李曄|李晔[Li1 Ye4] (867-904), r… | |
| 昭雪 | to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 召 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 召 sound part | imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon | |
| 超 | to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass | |
| 绍 | to connect; to introduce | |
| 邵 | various place names; surname | |
| 沼 | lake, pond, swamp | |
| 貂 | sable, mink, marten | |
| 劭 | to encourage; to excel; excellent | |
| 迢 | distant, far | |
| 苕 | rush, reed; trumpet vine | |
| 髫 | bangs, children's hairstyle; youngster | |
| 笤 | broom, besom | |
| 怊 | grieving | |
| 炤 | to illuminate, to light up; to reflect | |
| 轺 | light carriage | |
| 龆 | to lose one's baby teeth |