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zhào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhào | zhao4
English translation
to proclaim, to decree; imperial decree

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About zhào

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhào

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To issue yán a decree  Shào Shào also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

言召

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Words with zhào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhào imperial order zhào
诏书 zhào shū edict詔書
下诏 xià zhào to hand down an imperial edict下詔
诏令 zhào lìng imperial order詔令
南诏 Nán zhào Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia南詔
遗诏 yí zhào posthumous edict (of former emperor)遺詔
诏安 Zhào ān Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州 Zhāng zhōu [Zhāng​zhōu], Fujian詔安
诏安县 Zhào ān xiàn Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州 Zhāng zhōu [Zhāng​zhōu], Fujian詔安縣
密诏 mì zhào secret imperial edict密詔
诏旨 zhào zhǐ an Imperial edict詔旨
诏谕 zhào yù imperial decree詔諭
应诏 yìng zhào to respond to an imperial decree應詔

zhào Decomposition & Compounds

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