The Chinese Radical: 召


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Meaning
summon, to call together    召

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

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

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