Chinese Character 照 Meanings and components.

Form

照

Meaning

照 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 照[Zhao4].

To Shine.

To Illuminate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 照 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bright (昭) , and 'fire' radical in … (灬)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with ARF

How to write 照

To write照zhao4variant of … you should write a combination of 昭zhao1bright , 灬biao1'fire' radical … arranged in a 吕 shape:

昭 + 灬 = 照

照 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

照
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 照[Zhao4] . To Shine . To Illuminate
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
灬
Pinyin:biao1
Meaning[3]: 'Fire' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 86), Occurring In 熙, 然, 熊 Etc

Notes

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

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

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