漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
詔: imperial edict
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 召 gives the sound
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 詔書しょうしょimperial edict; decree
- 詔勅しょうちょくimperial edict; decree
みことのりmikotonori · kun'yomi · on its own
- 詔みことのりimperial decree; imperial edict
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
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“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
召
Also built on seduce (召)
詔 takes the 召 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
In ChineseSimplified 诏 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhào
Japan keeps the traditional form 詔; mainland China simplifies it to 诏.
- Simplified
- 诏 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 詔 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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