照
zhào HSK2

shine

照 zhào frequency
according to preposition
according to; in accordance with; as requested; as before

请照这个样子去做。

qǐng zhào zhè gè yàng​zi qù zuò.

Please do it according to this model.

photograph verb
to take a photo; a photograph

我们在这里照张相吧。

wǒ​men zài zhè​lǐ zhào zhāng xiàng ba.

Let's take a photo here.

shine verb
to shine; to illuminate

请拿手电筒照一下漆黑的楼梯。

qǐng ná shǒu​diàn​tǒng zhào yī​xià qī​hēi de lóu​tī.

Please use a flashlight to light up the dark stairs.

reflect verb
to reflect; to look at one's reflection

她对着镜子照了半天，才满意地出门。

tā duì​zhe jìng​zi zhào le bàn​tiān, cái mǎn​yì de chū​mén.

She spent a long time looking in the mirror before finally heading out satisfied.

照 (炤) zhào
shine verb
to emit light or illuminate

阳光照在海面上。

yáng​guāng zhào zài hǎi​miàn shàng.

Sunlight shines on the sea.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
443rd most common 491.0 per million
Movie subtitles
310th most common 517.8 per million appears in 83% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
107.8 per million appears in 34% of films
Written text
90.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+7167

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)