昭

昭	U+662D, 昭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-662D

← 昬
[U+662C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

昮 →
[U+662E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

昭 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日尸竹口 (ASHR), four-corner 6706₂, composition ⿰日召)

Derived characters

𡎣, 𣸬, 𧼹, 𭫁, 𤋜, 照

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 493, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13855
Dae Jaweon: page 858, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1504, character 9
Unihan data for U+662D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		昭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	taːw, moːɡ
叨	tuːw, l̥ʰaːw
倒	taːwʔ, taːws
到	*taːws
菿	taːws, rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	rteːw, teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	sdew, tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	tʰew, tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	dews, djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	tʰjew, tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	djew, djewʔ
軺	djew, lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	teːw, deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjew) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews).

Etymology

照 (OC *tjews, “to shine”) is the exoactive of 昭 (OC *tjew, “bright”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare with Burmese တောက် (tauk, “bright, brilliant, shining”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāo (zhao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹, ziu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chêu

(Meixian, Guangdong): zau¹
Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiau

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziao¹ / ziou¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tsau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹
  - Yale: jāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
  - Palladius: чжао (čžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ciu¹, ziu¹
  - Yale: chīu, jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹, dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹, jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

Note: ziu1 - variant.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sau⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziao¹ / ziou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiau / tsiou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/

Note:

ziao1 - Shantou;
ziou1 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹tsau
  - MiniDict: tsau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsyew

Rime
Character	昭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	止遙切
Baxter	tsyew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciaw/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛu/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*taw/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhāo
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyew ›
Old Chinese	/*taw/
English	bright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昭
Reading #	1/1
No.	2127
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	昭
Old Chinese	/*tjew/

Definitions

昭

(literary) bright; luminous
obvious; clear
(literary) to display; to make clear
(literary) light
illustrious
(historical) the left side position of tablets in ancestral shrines
Antonym: 穆 (mù)
a surname

Compounds

仁昭法外
光昭
劣跡昭著／劣迹昭著
含冤昭雪
哭昭陵
天理昭彰
天理昭昭
天理昭然
德業長昭／德业长昭
惡名昭彰／恶名昭彰 (èmíngzhāozhāng)
懿範長昭／懿范长昭
昭代
昭儀／昭仪 (zhāoyí)
昭冤申枉
昭告
昭君 (Zhāojūn)
昭君出塞
昭君和番
昭君怨
昭和 (Zhāohé)
昭和草
昭回 (zhāohuí)
昭如日星
昭彰 (zhāozhāng)
昭披耶河 (Zhāopīyéhé)
昭明 (zhāomíng)
昭明文選／昭明文选
昭昭 (zhāozhāo)
昭灼
昭然 (zhāorán)
昭然若揭 (zhāoránruòjiē)
昭王墜屨／昭王坠屦
昭示 (zhāoshì)
昭穆
昭華／昭华
昭著 (zhāozhù)
昭通 (Zhāotōng)
昭關／昭关
昭陵
昭陵六駿／昭陵六骏
昭陽／昭阳 (zhāoyáng)
昭陽殿／昭阳殿 (Zhāoyáng Diàn)
昭雪 (zhāoxuě)
昭顯／昭显
楚昭萍實／楚昭萍实
沉冤昭雪 (chényuānzhāoxuě)
燕昭築臺／燕昭筑台
眾目昭彰／众目昭彰
罪惡昭著／罪恶昭著 (zuì'èzhāozhù)
臭名昭彰
臭名昭著 (chòumíngzhāozhù)
跌宕昭彰
道範長昭／道范长昭
鄭昭宋聾／郑昭宋聋

Japanese

Kanji

昭

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 昭らか)
Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); いか (ika); かず (kazu); てる (teru); はる (haru)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
昭
しょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕʲoː/

From Middle Chinese 昭 (MC tsyew).

Affix

昭(しょう) • (shō) ^{←せう (seu)^?}

Derived terms

昭(しょう)昭(しょう) (shōshō)
昭(しょう)然(ぜん) (shōzen)
昭(しょう)代(だい) (shōdai)
昭(しょう)穆(ぼく) (shōboku)
昭(しょう)和(わ) (Shōwa)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
昭
あき(ら) Grade: 3
nanori

Nominalization of the stem of adjective 明らか (akiraka, “clear, visible”).

Proper noun

昭(あきら) • (Akira)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

昭 • (so, jo) (hangeul 소, 조, revised so, jo, McCune–Reischauer so, cho, Yale so, co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

昭: Hán Nôm readings: chiu, chiêu

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