zhāo, zhào bright

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyewtaw bright

說文解字

《說文》:“昭,日明也。从日,召聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

jué, jiào feel, think Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and a remnant of represents the sound. Simplified from .

Components

Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
SoundRemnant component
xué learning

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

jué, jiào feel, think Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and a remnant of represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
𦥯
𦥯 Sound component
xué to learn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaewHkˤruk-s awaken
kaewkkˤruk be aware

說文解字

《說文》:“覺,寤也。从見,學省聲。一曰發也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica