Chinese Character 召 Meanings and components.

Form

召

Meaning

召 meaning[3] in English

Surname Shao.

Name Of An Ancient State That Existed In What Is Now Shaanxi Province.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 召 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Dao (刀) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with SHR

How to write 召

To write召zhao4surname Shao you should write a combination of 刀dao1surname Dao , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

刀 + 口 = 召

召 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 召 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 召, looks as follow:

召
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shao . Name Of An Ancient State That Existed In What Is Now Shaanxi Province
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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