昭 (ciu1 | zhao1) : obvious, clear

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

昭

ciu1

zhao1

[1] obvious; clear; manifest
[2] exonerate; rehabilitate
[3] indicate; reveal; show

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

昭

This word has been viewed 5587 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Oct 2009 06:17

Output this character as a high resolution image

惡名昭彰 ok3 ming4 ciu1 zoeng1 e4 ming2 zhao1 zhang1 = notorious; egregious; flagrant

臭名昭著 cau3 ming4 ciu1 zyu3 chou4 ming2 zhao1 zhu4 = notorious; infamous; ill-famed; be of ill repute

謝昭仁 ze6 ziu1 jan4 xie4 zhao1 ren2 = Tse Chiu-Yan

昭覺 ziu1 gok3 zhao1 jue2 = Zhaojue (place in Sichuan)

昭平 ziu1 ping4 zhao1 ping2 = Zhaoping (place in Guangxi)

昭蘇 ziu1 sou1 zhao1 su1 = Zhaosu (place in Xinjiang)

昭通 ziu1 tung1 zhao1 tong1 = Zhaotong (city in Yunnan)

昭通地區 ziu1 tung1 dei6 keoi1 zhao1 tong1 di4 qu1 = Zhaotong district (district in Yunnan)

臭名昭彰 cau3 ming4 ciu1 zoeng1 chou4 ming2 zhao1 zhang1 = be notorious

大昭寺 daai6 ziu1 zi6*2 da4 zhao1 si4 = Jokhang

倉田保昭 cong1 tin4 bou2 ciu1 cang1 tian2 bao3 zhao1 = Yasuaki Kurata

谷德昭 guk1 dak1 ciu1 gu3 de2 shao1 = Vincent Kok

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2197/]昭[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2197/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">昭</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 昭
Unicode code for this character: U+662d (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum