召棠 shàotáng enduring legacy of a good official Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 召 shào Shao (bound form) an ancient state in present-day Shaanxi province during the Zhou Dynasty棠 táng cherry apple (bound form) a type of flowering tree, such as the cherry-apple or birchleaf pear; specifically refers to 棠梨 tánglí or 甘棠 gāntáng