昭 (ciu1 | zhao1) : obvious, clear

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昭

ciu1

zhao1

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

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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 5565 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Oct 2009 06:17

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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
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Decimal representation of this word: 昭
Unicode code for this character: U+662d (off-site link)

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