召

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhào, shào
Cantonese: siu6 ziu6
JapaneseKun: MESU
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: SO CO
Vietnamese: chịu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: imperial decree; summon

CE-Dict: to call together/to summon/to convene/temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

Soothill: To summon, call.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to summon
2.to call together

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: call together; convene; summon

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: call together; convene; summon

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》召𧦝也。从口刀聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】召
【唐韻】直少切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】直笑切，𠀤潮去聲。【說文】評也。【王逸曰】以手曰招，以言曰召。【書·甘誓】大戰于甘，乃召六卿。【詩·齊風】自公召之。【禮·曲禮】父召，無諾唯而起。　又【廣韻】【正韻】實照切【集韻】【韻會】時照切，𠀤同邵。【廣韻】邑名。【詩序】甘棠，美召伯也。【箋】召伯，姬姓，名奭，食邑于召。　又姓。【廣韻】召公之後。【前漢·循吏傳】召信臣，九江壽春人。【氏族博考】春秋召與邵一氏，後分爲二，汝南安陽之族皆从邵。

Buddhism words and phrases summon

CF-Dict: convoquer/faire venir

Han-De-Dict: auffordern, herbeizitieren (u.E.)/berufen, versammeln (u.E.)/zusammenberufen (u.E.)/Zhao (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)