# 昭

| 昭 | U+662D, &#26157; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-662D |
| ← 昬 [U+662C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 昮 → [U+662E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

昭 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日尸竹口 (ASHR), four-corner 6706$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (zhao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu$^1$ / ziu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chêu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziao$^1$ / ziou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
*** Wade–Giles: chao$^1$
*** Yale: jāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
*** Palladius: чжао (čžao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^1$ / ziu$^1$
*** Yale: chīu / jīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^1$ / dziu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^1$ / jiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: zeu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zeu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sau⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu⁵³³/
* 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: ziao$^1$ / ziou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiau / tsiou
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siau³³/, /t͡siou³³/
* ziao1 - Shantou;
* ziou1 - Chaozhou.
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ziu$^1$ |
* 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

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* 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)
* bright
* enlightened, glorious

##### 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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