詔
zhào

decree

诏 (詔) zhào
edict noun
an imperial decree or official mandate issued by the emperor

皇帝颁布了一道诏，命令将军即刻回京。

huáng​dì bān​bù le yī dào zhào, mìng​lìng jiāng​jūn jí​kè huí Jīng.

The emperor issued an imperial edict ordering the general to return to the capital immediately.

admonish verb
to instruct or advise, typically from a superior to an inferior in a literary context

皇帝下诏，命令地方官员务必妥善安置难民。

huáng​dì xià zhào, mìng​lìng dì​fāng guān​yuán wù​bì tuǒ​shàn ān​zhì nàn​mín.

The emperor issued an edict ordering local officials to properly resettle the refugees.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,684th most common 15.0 per million
Movie subtitles
4,764th most common 0.110 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.120 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
4.74 per million

Details
Simplified
诏
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+8A54

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)