照
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Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 昭 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
照
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
照
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
照
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
照
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
照
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
照 [zhào]
according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
照 あき
Aki unclassified name
照 あきら
Akira given name
照 かつお
Katsuo unclassified name
照 かつしげ
Katsushige unclassified name
照 かつとし
Katsutoshi unclassified name
照 かつはた
Katsuhata unclassified name
照 かつみ
Katsumi unclassified name
照 しょう
Shou surnamegiven name
照 しょうじ
Shouji unclassified name
照 しょうはち
Shouhachi unclassified name
照 てらし
Terashi surnamegiven name
照 てらす
Terasu given name
照 てる
Teru female given name
照 てるこ
Teruko female given name
照 てるさき
Terusaki surname
照 のぶ
Nobu given name
照 ひかる
Hikaru given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
照片 [zhàopiàn] #396
photograph
按照 [ànzhào] #2,084
according to
照顾 [zhàogu] #713
to take care of
照顾 [zhàogu] #713
to take care of
对照 [duìzhào] #19,308
to contrast
对照 [duìzhào] #19,308
to contrast
拍照 [pāizhào] #2,385
to take a picture
护照 [hùzhào] #3,653
passport
护照 [hùzhào] #3,653
passport
照看 [zhàokàn] #3,368
to look after
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 照らす [てらす] #2,187
to shine on
⭐ 照れる [てれる] #3,139
to be shy
⭐ 照明 [しょうめい] #5,506
illumination
⭐ 対照的 [たいしょうてき] #6,129
contrastive
照れくさい [てれくさい] #8,499
embarrassing
火照る [ほてる] #9,309
to feel hot
照れ隠し [てれかくし] #10,664
hiding one's embarrassment
照らし出す [てらしだす] #11,363
to illuminate
⭐ 照準 [しょうじゅん] #12,431
sight (e.g. of a gun)
照れ [てれ] #15,928
abashment
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