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诏

zhào

Character Traditional 詔

What 诏 means

1. literaryto admonish
2. bound formimperial edict

Words starting with 诏

• 诏书zhào shūimperial edict
• 诏令zhào lìngimperial order
• 诏旨zhào zhǐimperial edict
• 诏狱zhào yùimperial prison (for prisoners detained by order of the emperor)
• 诏谕zhào yùimperial decree
• 诏安县Zhào ān XiànZhao'an, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市
• 诏安Zhào ānsee 诏安县

Words containing 诏

• 下诏xià zhàoto hand down an imperial edict
• 南诏Nán zhàoNanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia
• 奉诏fèng zhàoto receive an imperial command
• 密诏mì zhàosecret imperial edict
• 待诏dài zhàoexpert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to…
• 应诏yìng zhàoto respond to an imperial decree
• 矫诏jiǎo zhàothe pretense of acting on imperial order
• 遗诏yí zhàoposthumous edict (of former emperor)
• 南诏国Nán zhào guóNanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan…
• 先帝遗诏xiān dì yí zhàoposthumous edict of a former emperor; Liu Bei's 刘备

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
• 昭zhāobright; clear; manifest
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 韶sháo(literary) splendid; glorious
• 劭shàostimulate to effort

Characters that look like 诏

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

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 访fǎng(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 诣yìto go (to visit a superior); one's current attainment in learning or art
• 诩xǔto brag; popular; lovely

Sounds the same

Read zhào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 照according to; in accordance with; to shine
• 召to call together; to summon; to convene
• 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)
• 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