sháoSháo

music of the emperor Shun

Imperial  music  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
yīn sound
SoundMeaning component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjew
Unicodezhiɛu

說文解字

虞舜樂也。《書》曰:“《簫韶》九成,鳳皇來儀。”从音召聲。

Sources

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