邵

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surname Shao; place name

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 meaning “place” + 召 sound ( zhào )

Components 召阝

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
新邵县	Xīn shào Xiàn	Xinshao, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市\|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
邵东市	Shào dōng Shì	Shaodong, a county-level city in Shaoyang City 邵陽市\|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
邵阳县	Shào yáng Xiàn	Shaoyang, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市\|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
邵阳市	Shào yáng Shì	Shaoyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
邵武市	Shào wǔ Shì	Shaowu, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4], Fujian
邵伯湖	Shào bó Hú	Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province
新邵	Xīn shào	see 新邵縣\|新邵县[Xin1 shao4 Xian4]
邵东	Shào dōng	see 邵東市\|邵东市[Shao4 dong1 Shi4]
邵阳	Shào yáng	see 邵陽市\|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4]; see 邵陽縣\|邵阳县[Shao4 yang2 Xian4]
邵族	Shào zú	Thao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
邵武	Shào wǔ	see 邵武市[Shao4 wu3 Shi4]
邵逸夫	Shào Yì fū	Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
邵飘萍	Shào Piāo píng	Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報…
邵雍	Shào Yōng	Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理學家\|理学家

Characters sharing the sound component 召 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
召 sound part	zhào	imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
超	chāo	to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass
昭	zhāo	bright, luminous; clear, manifest
绍	shào	to connect; to introduce
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