shàoShào

encourage

Components

Sound component
zhào summon
Meaning component
lì, li power

strength

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjews

說文解字

勉也。从力召聲。讀若舜樂《韶》。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica