Read Edit View history 昭 zhāo bright Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhāo ×zhào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昭 Simp strokes 昭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昭 Simp strokes 昭 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 昭 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 137, 697 ], [ 165, 667 ], [ 174, 610 ], [ 173, 396 ], [ 155, 186 ], [ 160, 116 ] ], [ [ 195, 681 ], [ 212, 674 ], [ 309, 701 ], [ 333, 691 ], [ 353, 672 ], [ 353, 215 ], [ 350, 178 ], [ 340, 153 ], [ 344, 98 ] ], [ [ 200, 416 ], [ 206, 427 ], [ 221, 435 ], [ 253, 440 ], [ 288, 437 ] ], [ [ 185, 154 ], [ 202, 167 ], [ 302, 178 ] ], [ [ 478, 667 ], [ 536, 661 ], [ 777, 718 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Q 840 322 783 349 Q 764 358 740 348 Q 583 285 480 297 C 450 300 494 252 523 259 Q 734 310 752 294 Q 770 276 738 144 C 731 115 786 109 794 138 Z", "M 551 72 Q 561 71 573 73 Q 648 88 809 98 Q 822 99 823 109 Q 823 118 794 138 L 738 144 L 737 144 Q 631 120 546 110 C 516 106 521 73 551 72 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.