召 — Chinese character
召
zhào
imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
- Pinyin
- zhào
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 刀 口
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 刀
- Japanese
- 召 as a kanji
Common words with 召
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 召开 (召開) | zhào kāi | to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke |
| 号召 (號召) | hào zhào | to call; to appeal |
| 召集 | zhào jí | to convene; to call together |
| 召唤 (召喚) | zhào huàn | to summon; to beckon |
| 召回 | zhào huí | to recall (a product, an ambassador etc) |
| 征召 (徵召) | zhēng zhào | to enlist; to draft |
| 召见 (召見) | zhào jiàn | call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview |
| 召集人 | zhào jí rén | convener |
| 号召力 (號召力) | hào zhào lì | to have the power to rally supporters |
| 感召 | gǎn zhào | to move and appeal; to rally to a cause |
| 召妓 | zhào jì | to hire a prostitute |
| 召募 | zhào mù | to recruit; to enlist |
English words written with 召
召 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 9 · Mencius 13 · Zhuangzi 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 73
- Analects 8.3
- Analects 10.3
- Analects 10.13
- Analects 14.17
- Analects 17.5
- Analects 17.7
- Analects 17.10
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