召 (ziu6 siu6 | zhao4 shao4) : summon; call together; convene

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召

ziu6 siu6

zhao4 shao4

[粵] ziu6 | [國] zhao4
[1] [v] summon; call together; convene
[2] [n] monastery; temple (often used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

[粵] siu6 | [國] shao4
[1] [n] name of a state in the Zhou dynasty
[2] [n] a surname

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

召

This word has been viewed 6681 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Sep 2013 01:31

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召喚 ziu6 wun6 zhao4 huan4 = call; summon

召開 ziu6 hoi1 zhao4 kai1 = to convene; to gather; to call together

召集 ziu6 zaap6 zhao4 ji2 = to convene; to gather

召集人 ziu6 zaap6 jan4 = convenor

傳召 cyun4 ziu6 = summon

號召 hou6 ziu6 = to summon; to appeal

徵召 zing1 ziu6 zheng1 zhao4 = enlist; draft; conscript; appoint to an official position

召妓 ziu6 gei6 zhao4 ji4 = to look for a prostitute

召開會議 ziu6 hoi1 wui6 ji5 zhao4 kai1 hui4 yi4 = to call a conference; to convene a meeting

傳召證人 cyun4 ziu6 zing3 jan4 = summon witnesses
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Decimal representation of this word: 召
Unicode code for this character: U+53ec (off-site link)

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