Memory phrase for the character: 昭

昭

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Meaning

bright, manifest, luminous, clear

Pronunciation

zhāo

Explanation

 Left: sun 日, right: to call together 召 (... with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口)

Mnemonic
 
The sun is calling: It is becoming bright and luminous!

Radicals

日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
召 summon, to call togetherto summon: ... with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口)




 Vocabulary

大昭寺 Dà zhāo sì  Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
昭雪 zhāo xuě  to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate
 
跌宕昭彰 diē dàng zhāo zhāng  flowing (of prose); free
 

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