Memory phrase for the character: 朝

朝



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Meaning

government, morning, audience, pilgrimage

Pronunciation

 cháo, zhāo

Explanation

 Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.) [Sunset is: 莫], right: moon 月

Mnemonic
 
At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo].

Radicals

朝 the morningsunrise with the sun
sun riseThe sun 日 rises between plants 艹. The very similar radical 莫 stands for sunset. This seems bizarre, can be argued based on the characters for morning 朝 in comparison to evening 暮.
月 moon, monthWhen it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 is just above the horizon 一 at sunrise.
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 Vocabulary

王朝 wáng cháo  dynasty
六朝 Liù Cháo  Six Dynasties (220-589)
朝鲜 Cháo xiǎn  Korean Joseon or Chosun dynasty 1392-1910; North Korea; Korea as geographic term
朝廷 cháo tíng  court; imperial household; dynasty
冀朝铸 Jì Cháo zhù  Ji Chaozhu (1929-), Chinese diplomat
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi  the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
倭马亚王朝 Wō mǎ yà wáng cháo  Umayyad empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
朝鲜筝 Cháo xiǎn zhēng  kayagum; Korean 12-stringed zither
都铎王朝 Dū duó wáng cháo  Tudor dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
都铎王朝 Dū duó wáng cháo  

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