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昭

zhāo

Character

What 昭 means

1. bright
2. clear
3. manifest
4. to show clearly

Example sentences

• 这个路口因频繁的事故而臭名昭着。
  This junction is notorious for accidents.
• 他摘下了面具，卸下了伪装。极右翼候选人的意图已昭然若揭。
  He's taken off his mask, torn off his costume. There's no doubt now about what the far-right candidate intends.

Words starting with 昭

• 昭示zhāo shìto declare publicly; to make clear
• 昭和Zhāo héShōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁
• 昭雪zhāo xuěto exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate
• 昭仪zhāo yífirst-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked one level below the empress)
• 昭化区Zhāo huà QūZhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 广元市
• 昭平县Zhāo píng XiànZhaoping, a county in Hezhou City 贺州市
• 昭苏县Zhāo sū XiànZhaosu, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州
• 昭觉县Zhāo jué XiànZhaojue, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 凉山彝族自治州
• 昭通市Zhāo tōng ShìZhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省
• 昭阳区Zhāo yáng QūZhaoyang, a district of Zhaotong City 昭通市
• 昭披耶河Zhāo pī yé HéChao Phraya River, the main river of Thailand
• 昭然若揭zhāo rán ruò jiēabundantly clear
• 昭披耶帕康Zhāo pī yé Pà kāngChao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title…
• 昭化Zhāo huàsee 昭化区
• 昭平Zhāo píngsee 昭平县
• 昭苏Zhāo sūsee 昭苏县
• 昭觉Zhāo juésee 昭觉县
• 昭通Zhāo tōngsee 昭通市
• 昭阳Zhāo yángsee 昭阳区

Words containing 昭

• 大昭寺Dà zhāo sìJokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
• 司马昭Sī mǎ ZhāoSima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏
• 唐昭宗Táng Zhāo zōngEmperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李晔
• 小昭寺Xiǎo zhāo sìRamoche Temple, Lhasa
• 王昭君Wáng Zhāo jūnWang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 汉元帝
• 恶名昭彰è míng zhāo zhānginfamous; notorious
• 恶名昭著è míng zhāo zhùnotorious; infamous
• 众目昭彰zhòng mù zhāo zhānglit. the masses are sharp-eyed (idiom); fig. one is subjected to the scrutiny of the…
• 臭名昭彰chòu míng zhāo zhāngnotorious for his misdeeds (idiom); infamous
• 臭名昭著chòu míng zhāo zhùnotorious; infamous; egregious (bandits)
• 跌宕昭彰diē dàng zhāo zhāngflowing (of prose); free
• 司马昭之心路人皆知Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhīlit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret

Characters built on 召

These share the phonetic component 召 (zhào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 沼zhǎopond; pool
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 韶sháo(literary) splendid; glorious
• 劭shàostimulate to effort

Characters that look like 昭

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

• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)…
• 骏jùnspirited horse
• 胭yānrouge

Sounds the same

Read zhāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 朝morning
• 招to recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 嘲used in 嘲哳
• 着a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right
• 钊to encourage; to cut; to strain
• 啁used in 啁哳; Taiwan pr. zhōu
• 皽(literary) dead skin cells on the surface of the skin; Taiwan pr. zhǎn
• 𬬿sickle
• 駋(horse)