Read Edit View history 照 zhào HSK2 shine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 昭 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 灬 is a component form of 火. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 照 Simp strokes 照 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 照 Simp strokes 照 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 照 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 199, 744 ], [ 218, 724 ], [ 228, 697 ], [ 234, 564 ], [ 221, 351 ], [ 229, 301 ] ], [ [ 250, 731 ], [ 265, 727 ], [ 362, 756 ], [ 390, 747 ], [ 405, 733 ], [ 409, 431 ], [ 406, 372 ], [ 398, 346 ], [ 404, 302 ] ], [ [ 259, 524 ], [ 271, 540 ], [ 285, 544 ], [ 319, 550 ], [ 341, 547 ] ], [ [ 254, 334 ], [ 267, 349 ], [ 364, 370 ] ], [ [ 495, 737 ], [ 539, 730 ], [ 742, 777 ], [ 778, 781 ], [ 791, 775 ], [ 805, 760 ], [ 795, 692 ], [ 775, 616 ], [ 750, 575 ], [ 728, 555 ], [ 652, 598 ] ], [ [ 607, 720 ], [ 624, 705 ], [ 626, 695 ], [ 595, 625 ], [ 522, 521 ], [ 459, 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