召

See also: 叧

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 刀 + semantic 口 – to call out (with one’s mouth).

Han character

召 (radical 30 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹口 (SHR), four-corner 1760₂, composition ⿱刀口)

1. imperial decree
2. summon

Derived characters

Widely used as phonetic:

• chāo
  1. 弨
  2. 怊
  3. 欩
  4. 超
• chǎo
  1. 眧
• sháo
  1. 招
  2. 牊
  3. 苕
  4. 玿
  5. 韶
• shào
  1. 佋
  2. 劭
  3. 卲
  4. 紹 (绍)
  5. 邵
  6. 綤
  7. 袑

• zhāo
  1. 招
  2. 昭
  3. 巶
  4. 妱
  5. 鉊
  6. 鍣
  7. 駋
• zhǎo
  1. 菬
  2. 沼
• zhào
  1. 詔 (诏)
  2. 照
  3. 炤
  4. 燳

Indirect characters:

• 1. 綤
  2. 鍣
  3. 菬
  4. 照
  5. 燳

See also

• 喫, 吃
• 食
• 頂

References

• KangXi: page 172, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3241
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 574, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53EC

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		召

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu⁶, siu⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu⁶, siu⁶
    • Yale: jiuh, siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu⁶, siu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯²²/, /siːu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (召, reconstructed)
Character (召), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 宵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 直照切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖiᴇuH/	/ȡʱi̯ɛuH/	/ȡiɛuH/	/ɖiɛuH/	/ɖiawH/	/ȡĭɛuH/	/ȡjæuH/
Character (召), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 常 (25) Final: 宵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 寔照切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʑiᴇuH/	/ʑi̯ɛuH/	/ʑiɛuH/	/d͡ʑiɛuH/	/d͡ʑiawH/	/ʑĭɛuH/	/d͡ʑjæuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (召, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
召								shào								‹ dzyewX ›								/*[d]awʔ/								(place name)
召								zhào								‹ drjewH ›								/*[d]raw-s/								summon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
召					2126					刀					宵					2					召					/*dews/
召					2148					刀					宵					2					邵					/*djews/					同邵

Compounds

• 召开
• 召募
• 宣召

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Japanese

Kanji

召

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. To seduce.

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: めす (mesu)

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Korean

Hanja

召 (so, jo) (hangeul 소, 조, revised so, jo, McCune-Reischauer so, cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

召 (triệu)

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Readings

• Nôm : chẹo, chịu, dịu, gieo, giẹo , trẹo, triệu, trĩu, trịu

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999