zhào

  1. zhào verb to call together; to summon; to convene
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 召集 call together (Guoyu '召' v 1; Mathews 1931 '召', p. 27; Unihan '召')
  2. zhào verb to recruit; to attract
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 招致; for example, 召祸 court disaster (Guoyu '召' v 2)
  3. zhào noun an imperial decree
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '召')
  4. shào proper noun Shao
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '召' shào n 2)
  5. shào proper noun state of Shao
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
    Notes: Historic state in the area of present-day Shaanxi (Guoyu '召' shào n 1)
  6. zhào verb to summon; āhūta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āhūta, Japanese: shou (BCSD '召', p. 233; MW 'āhūta'; SH '召', p. 169; Unihan '召')

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