漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
照: illuminate, shine
Also: compare, bashful
JLPT N213 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
灬 carries the meaning · 昭 gives the sound
13 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 照明しょうめいillumination, lighting
- 残照ざんしょうafterglow
- 日照権にっしょうけんthe right to sunshine
- 対照的なたいしょうてきなcontrastive
- 照合するしょうごうするcollate, compare
- 照会するしょうかいするmake inquiries
- 参照するさんしょうするcompare, consult, refer to
てるteru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 照るてるshine [v.i.]
てらすterasu · kun'yomi
- 照らすてらすilluminate [v.t.]
てれるtereru · kun'yomi
- 照れるてれるbe shy, feel awkward
- 照れくさいてれくさいbe embarrassed
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)火 fire, as 灬 (meaning) + 昭 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 照 (rev. 90497314), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Light and heat spreading outward”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhào
Same form: 照 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 照 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 照 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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