Chinese Character 昭 Meanings and components.

Form

昭

Meaning

昭 meaning[3] in English

Bright.

Clear.

Manifest.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 昭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and surname Shao (召)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with ASHR

How to write 昭

To write昭zhao1bright you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 召zhao4surname Shao arranged in a 吅 shape:

日 + 召 = 昭

昭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

昭
Pinyin:zhao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Bright . Clear . Manifest . To Show Clearly
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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