Keyword
bright
- luminous
- clear
- manifest
- Frequency
- #2715
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
zhāo
Mnemonic
日 (sun) gives the meaning and 召 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
昭
bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
昭和
Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁 (Yùrén)
臭名昭著
notorious; infamous; egregious (bandits)
昭示
to declare publicly; to make clear
王昭君
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 汉元帝 (HànYuándì), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 (sìdàměinǚ)
昭雪
to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate
司马昭
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏 (CáoWèi)
昭通市
Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省 (YúnnánShěng)
大昭寺
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
恶名昭彰
infamous; notorious
昭然若揭
abundantly clear
唐昭宗
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李晔 (LīYè) (867-904), reigned 888-904
小昭寺
Ramoche Temple, Lhasa
昭平县
Zhaoping, a county in Hezhou City 贺州市 (HèzhōuShì), Guangxi
昭苏县
Zhaosu, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州 (YīlíHāsàkèZìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
昭阳区
Zhaoyang, a district of Zhaotong City 昭通市 (ZhāotōngShì), Yunnan
昭觉县
Zhaojue, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 凉山彝族自治州 (LiángshānYízúZìzhìzhōu), Sichuan
臭名昭彰
notorious for his misdeeds (idiom); infamous
昭化区
Zhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 广元市 (GuǎngyuánShì), Sichuan
昭披耶河
Chao Phraya River, the main river of Thailand