昭 — Chinese character
昭
zhāo
bright, luminous; clear, manifest
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 日 召
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sun; meaning component 日; sound component 召
- Japanese
- 昭 as a kanji
Common words with 昭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臭名昭著 | chòu míng zhāo zhù | notorious; infamous |
| 昭示 | zhāo shì | to declare publicly; to make clear |
| 昭雪 | zhāo xuě | to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation) |
| 恶名昭彰 (惡名昭彰) | è míng zhāo zhāng | infamous; notorious |
| 昭然若揭 | zhāo rán ruò jiē | abundantly clear |
| 臭名昭彰 | chòu míng zhāo zhāng | notorious for his misdeeds (idiom); infamous |
| 恶名昭著 (惡名昭著) | è míng zhāo zhù | notorious; infamous |
| 昭仪 (昭儀) | zhāo yí | first-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked one level below the empress) |
| 众目昭彰 (眾目昭彰) | zhòng mù zhāo zhāng | lit. the masses are sharp-eyed (idiom); fig. one is subjected to the scrutiny of the general public |
| 跌宕昭彰 | diē dàng zhāo zhāng | flowing (of prose); free |
English words written with 昭
昭 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 2 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 19 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 20.1
- Mencius 7B.20
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
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