照 zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine
Made up of [灬 huǒ fire (as radical) radical 86, 刀 dāo knife , 日 rì sun; day radical 72]Made with 5 strokes.
The 'sun' and 'heat' suggest 'shine' and also 'enlightenment'
Related characters
Also uses 灬 huǒ component: 炒 chǎo (to sauté) 点 diǎn (spot) ; 黑 hēi (black) ; 蒸 zhēng (to steam) ; 煮 zhǔ (to cook)
Also uses 刀 dāo component: 初 chū (at first) 分 fēn (divide) ; 剪 jiǎn (scissors) ; 所 suǒ (actually)
Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Different tone
朝 zhāo (dynasty) ; 找 zhǎo (to try to find)Pronunciation
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