诏

詔
zhào
#2,678 most
frequent character
(literary) to admonish

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

诏 combines 讠 speech with 召 zhào, which means to call or summon and also gives the sound. It first meant to inform or urge, and from that came the meaning 'imperial order'.

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Homophones

照zhào
reflect
赵zhào
to surpass (old)
召zhào
to call together, to summon
罩zhào
to cover, to spread over, a cover

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