Read Edit View history Discussion 朝 cháozhāo HSK3 dynasty Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the early part of morning when the sun (日) can still be seen on the horizon between blades of grass (艸), and the moon (月) is still in the sky. Based on the original meaning "early morning". The meaning later shifted to "morning audience at court", "facing", "royal court", and "dynasty". Pinyin Separate values with commas cháo ×zhāo × 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 朝 Simp strokes 朝 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 朝 Simp strokes 朝 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 朝 Simp strokes 朝 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 朝 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 209, 661 ], [ 264, 657 ], [ 381, 679 ], [ 435, 697 ], [ 498, 699 ] ], [ [ 336, 839 ], [ 355, 823 ], [ 372, 797 ], [ 332, 582 ], [ 313, 563 ] ], [ [ 166, 534 ], [ 193, 512 ], [ 199, 500 ], [ 240, 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