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召

zhào

HSK 5 Character

What 召 means

1. to call together
2. to summon
3. to convene
4. temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

Other readings

召 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shàosurname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province

Example sentences

• 大使被从华沙召回。
  The ambassador was recalled from Warsaw.
• 会议将在下周日召开。
  Huìyì jiāng zàixià Zhōurì zhàokāi.
  The meeting will take place next Sunday.
• 委员会一个月召开两次。
  Wěiyuánhuì yī gè yuè zhàokāi liǎng cì.
  The committee meets twice a month.
• 他获得了召唤幽灵列车的能力。
  He gained the power to summon ghost trains.
• 那么首先我们应该召开一次家庭会议。
  Nàme shǒuxiān wǒmen yīnggāi zhàokāi yīcì jiātíng huìyì.
  In that case we should start by having a family meeting.
• 那幺首先我们应该召开一次家庭会议。
  In that case we should start by having a family meeting.

Words starting with 召

• 召开zhào kāito convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together
• 召集zhào jíto convene; to call together
• 召唤zhào huànto summon; to beckon; to call
• 召回zhào huíto recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
• 召见zhào jiàncall in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
• 召集人zhào jí rénconvener
• 召募zhào mùto recruit; to enlist
• 召妓zhào jìto hire a prostitute
• 召陵区Shào líng QūShaoling, a district of Luohe City 漯河市
• 召陵Shào língsee 召陵区

Words containing 召

• 号召hào zhàoto call; to appeal
• 号召力hào zhào lìto have the power to rally supporters
• 感召gǎn zhàoto move and appeal; to rally to a cause; to impel
• 呼召hū zhàoto call (to do something)
• 征召zhēng zhàoto enlist; to draft; to conscript
• 应召yìng zhàoto respond to a call
• 蒙召méng zhàoto be called by God
• 选召xuǎn zhàochosen and called
• 感召力gǎn zhào lìappeal; attraction; charisma
• 应召站yìng zhào zhàncall girl center
• 响应号召xiǎng yìng hào zhàoto answer a call to action
• 扬召yáng zhàoto flag down (a cab) on the street; to hail (a taxicab)
• 奉召fèng zhàoto receive orders
• 南召县Nán zhào XiànNanzhao, a county in Nanyang City 南阳市
• 应召女郎yìng zhào nǚ lángcall girl
• 南召Nán zhàosee 南召县

Characters that look like 召

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin
• 吕lǚpitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw
• 劦lièunending exertion

Sounds the same

Read zhào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 照according to; in accordance with; to shine
• 罩to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap
• 兆(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-
• 赵to surpass (old)
• 诏(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 肇at first; devise; originate
• 棹oar (archaic); scull; paddle
• 笊loosely woven bamboo ladle
• 曌name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武则天
• 啅chirp
• 垗sacrifice
• 旐banner