炤
zhàoZhào HSK3

illumine

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyewHtaw-sshine on
Zhengzhangtjews

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica