召

See also 叧

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 刀 + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – 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 弨 怊 欩 超 chǎo 眧 sháo 招 牊 苕 玿 韶 shào 佋 劭 卲 紹 (绍) 邵 綤 袑

zhāo 招 昭 巶 妱 鉊 鍣 駋 zhǎo 菬 沼 zhào 詔 (诏) 照 炤 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

召 (jyutping ziu6, siu6, Yale jiu6, siu6)

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Japanese

Kanji

召 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: めす (mesu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

召 (pinyin zhào (zhao4), Wade-Giles chao⁴)

Compounds

• 召开
• 召募
• 宣召

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Vietnamese

Han character

召 (triệu)

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