召

See also: 叧

召	U+53EC, 召 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EC

← 叫
[U+53EB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

叭 →
[U+53ED]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

召 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹口 (SHR), four-corner 1760₂, composition ⿱刀口)

Derived characters

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3241
Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 574, character 3
Unihan data for U+53EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		召
alternative forms		𠮥𠮦𥃝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 召
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	taːw, moːɡ
叨	tuːw, l̥ʰaːw
倒	taːwʔ, taːws
到	*taːws
菿	taːws, rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	rteːw, teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	sdew, tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	tʰew, tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	dews, djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	tʰjew, tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	djew, djewʔ
軺	djew, lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	teːw, deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dews, *djews) : phonetic 刀 (OC *taːw) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – originally, to call out (with one’s mouth) or to serve wine for guests. Part of the second original meaning is preserved in 招.

In the most ancient versions on some oracle bones, the character was totally different: it represented one or two hands over a wine vessel; the knife and mouth components were added later to this variant.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhào (zhao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): seu / chheu

(Meixian, Guangdong): sau⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): diêu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiāu / tiàu

(Teochew, Peng'im): diao⁶ / diou⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhào
  - Wade–Giles: chao⁴
  - Yale: jàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaw
  - Palladius: чжао (čžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ziu⁶
  - Yale: jiuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu / chheu
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu / ceu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ / ceu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰeu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sau⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu / tiàu
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu / tiàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diau, diaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²/, /tiau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹/, /tiau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²/, /tiau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau³³/, /tiau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau³³/, /tiau²¹/

Note:

tiāu - literary;
tiàu - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: diao⁶ / diou⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiău / tiŏu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau³⁵/, /tiou³⁵/

Note:

diao6 - Shantou;
diou6 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zau
  - MiniDict: zau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: drjewH

Rime
Character	召
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直照切
Baxter	drjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖiaw^H/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛu^H/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]raw-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*dews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	召
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhào
Middle Chinese	‹ drjew^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]raw-s/
English	summon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	召
Reading #	1/2
No.	2126
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	召
Old Chinese	/*dews/

Definitions

召

imperial decree
to call together; to convene; to summon
temple or monastery (used in placenames in Inner Mongolia)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shào (Shao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): siêu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shào
  - Wade–Giles: Shao⁴
  - Yale: Shàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw
  - Palladius: Шао (Šao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu⁶
  - Yale: siuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛu²⁴²/

Middle Chinese: dzyewH

Rime
Character	召
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	寔照切
Baxter	dzyewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiaw^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛu^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]awʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*djews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	召
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shào
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]awʔ/
English	(place name)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	召
Reading #	2/2
No.	2148
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	邵
Old Chinese	/*djews/
Notes	同邵

Definitions

召

a surname: Shao
State of Shao, an ancient state that existed in modern-day Shaanxi Province

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

召

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

召 • (so, jo) (hangeul 소, 조, revised so, jo, McCune–Reischauer so, cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

召: Hán Nôm readings: chiêu, chịu, chẹo, giẹo, thiệu, trịu, triệu, xạu, trẹo, dịu, gieo, trĩu

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References

Nom Foundation
Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999