The Chinese Radical: 召


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Meaning
summon, to call together    召

Explanation to summon: ... with the sword and the mouth ) 

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
to continue, to carry on
shào
Left: thread 纟/, right: to call together/summon (... with a sword and the mouth )
Endlessly like a thread the summons are continued.
JLPT HSK 3
to exceed, overtake, surpass, transcend
chāo
Left: go/walk (On earth feet have to walk.), right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
Run to call s.o. who is exceeding.
JLPT HSK 3
illuminate, to shine, in accordance with, reflect
zhào
Top: bright, manifest 昭 (The sun is calling : It is becoming bright and manifest!) - [to summon or calling together = with the sword and the mouth ], bottom: fire
As if the sun was summoned, is the fire that illuminates.
JLPT HSK 4
to beckon, to recruit, to provoke, contagious
zhāo
Left: hand , right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
Using the hand for calling together is beckoning or recruiting.
JLPT HSK 5
to call together, to summon, to convene
shào, zhào
Top: sword , bottom: mouth
With the sword and mouth they were called together.
JLPT HSK 6
pond, pool
zhǎo
Left: water , right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
(A pond nearby for the daily water supply) The water that is called together (to clean the sword and mouth) comes from a pond.
JLPT no HSK
imperial order
zhào
Left: word /, right: to call together/summon (... with the sword and the mouth )
The words to summon are: an imperial order.
JLPT no HSK
bright, manifest, luminous, clear
zhāo
Left: sun , right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
The sun is calling: It is becoming bright and luminous!
JLPT no HSK
surname Shao, place name
shào
Left: to call together ([... with the sword and the mouth ), right: village
To call together in the village: "Shào"
JLPT no HSK
(music), excellent, harmonious
sháo
Left: sound (Stand/Get up into the day with sounds [of the alarm clock]), right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
Sounds that make you 'call together' are: excellent (music).
JLPT no HSK
remote
tiáo
Left: movement , right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
When calling sb. you shall move, if that one is remote.

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