召

See also: 叧

召 U+53EC, 召 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EC ← 叫 [U+53EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 叭 → [U+53ED]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

召 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹口 (SHR), four-corner 1760₂, composition ⿱刀口)

Derived characters

• 佋 𫥈 𠰉 𡊱 妱 𡥙 岹 𢁾 弨 𭛤 怊 招 沼 㹦 䧂 迢 昭 柖 炤 㸛 牊 玿 祒 𦚔 𤱠 眧 䂏 袑 𣑌 𥹙 紹(绍) 𬚖 𦨣 蛁 𪸲 詔(诏) 貂 𧵓 超 𬦪 軺(轺) 𫽟 鉊(𬬿) 𠸿 𠹾 𫫌 𣉈 㷖 鞀 𩎣 韶 䫿 䬰 𫵥 𪴻 𤾌 駋 𩲤 𦦌 鮉 𪌕 鼦 𪖠 𮯃 齠(龆)
• 劭 刟 𠧙 卲 𫲤 巶 邵 𣬸 欩 𭇱 𠣫 䎄 䙼 𨐓 𬰛 𠺥 𪹑 𫲰 䳂 𫬑 𡆊 𠯉 㐒 𥁏 𡀪 岧 苕 笤 髫 㲈 𪔓 𢈆 𤵪 𢦽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3241
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 574, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		召
alternative forms		𠮥 𠮦 𥃝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 召
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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 *dews, *djews) : phonetic 刀 (OC *taːw) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – to call out (with one’s mouth).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): seu / chheu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sau⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): diêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diao⁶ / diou⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴
    • Yale: jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
    • Palladius: чжао (čžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu⁶
    • Yale: jiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu / chheu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu / ceu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ / ceu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰeu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu / tiàu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu / tiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau, diaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²/, /tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹/, /tiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/, /tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau³³/, /tiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/, /tiau²¹/

Note:

• tiāu - literary;
• tiàu - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: diao⁶ / diou⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiău / tiŏu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau³⁵/, /tiou³⁵/

Note:

• diao6 - Shantou;
• diou6 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zau
    • MiniDict: zau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: drjewH

Rime
Character	召
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直照切
Baxter	drjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiawH/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛuH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]raw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*dews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	召
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhào
Middle Chinese	‹ drjewH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]raw-s/
English	summon
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	召
Reading #	1/2
No.	2126
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	召
Old Chinese	/*dews/

Definitions

召

1. imperial decree
2. to call together; to convene; to summon
3. temple or monastery (used in placenames in Inner Mongolia)

Compounds

• 動員召集／动员召集
• 勤務召集／勤务召集
• 召募 (zhàomù)
• 召喚／召唤 (zhàohuàn)
• 召回 (zhàohuí)
• 召夢／召梦
• 召妓 (zhàojì)
• 召幸
• 召开 (zhàokāi)
• 召旻
• 召禍／召祸
• 召見／召见 (zhàojiàn)
• 召試／召试
• 召開／召开 (zhàokāi)
• 召集 (zhàojí)
• 召集人 (zhàojírén)
• 召集令
• 奉召
• 宣召 (xuānzhào)
• 寵召／宠召
• 徵召／征召 (zhēngzhào)
• 徵風召雨／征风召雨
• 感召 (gǎnzhào)
• 應召／应召 (yìngzhào)
• 應召女郎／应召女郎 (yìngzhào nǚláng)
• 應召站／应召站
• 政治號召／政治号召
• 教育召集
• 檄召
• 玉樓赴召／玉楼赴召
• 精神感召
• 緩召／缓召
• 聘召
• 蒙主寵召／蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào)
• 號召／号召 (hàozhào)
• 號召力／号召力 (hàozhàolì)
• 要寵召禍／要宠召祸
• 辟召
• 關召／关召
• 除召
• 點召／点召
• 點召令／点召令
• 點閱召集／点阅召集

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shào (Shao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): siêu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shào
    • Wade–Giles: Shao⁴
    • Yale: Shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw
    • Palladius: Шао (Šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶
    • Yale: siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛu²⁴²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyewH

Rime
Character	召
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	寔照切
Baxter	dzyewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiawH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛuH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]awʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	召
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shào
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyewX ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]awʔ/
English	(place name)
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	召
Reading #	2/2
No.	2148
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	邵
Old Chinese	/*djews/
Notes	同邵

Definitions

召

1. a surname: Shao
2. State of Shao, an ancient state that existed in modern-day Shaanxi Province

Compounds

• 召公 (Shàogōng)
• 召南
• 召棠
• 召父杜母
• 周召
• 周召共和

 

Japanese

Kanji

召

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. call
2. take
3. catch

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kun: めす (mesu, 召す, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

召 • (so, jo) (hangeul 소, 조, revised so, jo, McCune–Reischauer so, cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

召: Hán Nôm readings: chiêu, chịu, chẹo, giẹo, thiệu, trịu, triệu, xạu, trẹo, dịu, gieo, trĩu

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References

• Nom Foundation
• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999