照

See also: 炤

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

照 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日口火 (ARF), four-corner 6733₆, composition ⿱昭灬)

Derived characters

• 燳, 𬡰, 𬪸, 𥵕

Related characters

• 炤 (Variant form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 677, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19226
• Dae Jaweon: page 1089, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2221, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7167

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		照
alternative forms		曌 瞾 炤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 照
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjews) : semantic 灬 (“fire”) + phonetic 昭 (OC *tjew) – shine the light of a fire on.

Etymology

Exoactive of 昭 (OC *tjew, “bright”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 照

1. to shine upon; to illuminate

   • 雪白明月照在大地 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 伍佰, 挪威的森林

     Xuěbái míngyuè zhào zài dàdì [Pinyin]

     The bright moon white as snow illuminates the earth

2. to reflect; to look (in the mirror)
3. to contrast; to compare
4. to notify; to inform
5. to take care of
6. to take a photo
7. sunshine; sunlight
8. photo; photograph; picture
9. license; permit
10. according to; as; in accordance with
11. regardless; anyway; continue to

    唔應該食嘅都照食落去 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔应该食嘅都照食落去 [Cantonese, simp.]

    m⁴ jing¹ goi¹ sik⁶ ge³ dou¹ ziu³ sik⁶ lok⁶ heoi³ [Jyutping]

    to eat something one shouldn't eat anyway

12. towards; to

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

照

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to illuminate; to shine

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: てる (teru, 照る, Jōyō); てり (teri, 照り); てり (teri, 照); てらす (terasu, 照らす, Jōyō); てらし (terashi, 照らし); てらし (terashi, 照); てれる (tereru, 照れる, Jōyō); てれ (tere, 照れ); てれ (tere, 照)

Compounds

• 照会(しょうかい) (shōkai): inquiry; reference
• 照合(しょうごう) (shōgō): collation; comparison
• 照射(しょうしゃ) (shōsha): irradiation; exposure to light
• 照準(しょうじゅん) (shōjun): to set one's sight; to aim
• 照明(しょうめい) (shōmei): illumination; lighting

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
照
てらし Grade: 4
kun'yomi

照(てらし) • (Terashi) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

照 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 照 (chiếu)

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