昭 zhāo

1. zhāo adjective illustrious
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '昭')
2. zhāo adjective bright; luminous
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 明亮 (Guoyu '昭' adj 1; Mathews 1931 '昭', p. 28; Unihan '昭')
3. zhāo verb to display clearly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 彰明 (Guoyu '昭' v; Mathews 1931 '昭', p. 28)
4. zhāo noun the sun's brightness
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '昭', p. 28)
5. zhāo adjective obvious
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 明显 (Guoyu '昭' adj 2)
6. zhāo noun light
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 光线 (Guoyu '昭' n 2)
7. zhāo noun ancestral sequence on the left side of the ancestral hall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '昭' n 3)
8. zhāo proper noun Zhao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '昭' n 3)

Contained in

• 昭回 the turning of the light from the stars ; the radiance of the sun and moon
• 昭耀 illustrious
• 昭穆 an ancestral tablet
• 昭告(掛牌) to inform clearly
• 恶名昭著(惡名昭著) notorious ; infamous
• 跌宕昭彰 flowing (of prose); free
• 昭昭 to understand clearly
• 昭苏(昭蘇) to wake up ; Zhaosu
• 昭然若揭 abundantly clear
• 昭显(昭顯) well known
• 昭示 to declare publicly; to make clear
• 臭名昭著 notorious; infamous; egregious
• 昭然 obviously
• 恶名昭彰(惡名昭彰) notorious
• 昭晰 distinct
• 昭彰 to make known; to reveal ; to manifest
• 司马昭之心路人皆知(司馬昭之心路人皆知) Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone; an open secret
• 昭雪 to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate

Also contained in

昭平 、 玉清昭应宫 、 楚昭王 、 昭和 、 萧昭业 、 昭觉县 、 昭烈皇后 、 汉昭帝 、 昭觉 、 鲁昭公 、 昭通 、 唐昭宗 、 李嗣昭 、 孝昭王 、 风穴延昭 、 王昭君 、 延昭 、 昭披耶河 、 昭通地区 、 司马昭 、 韦昭 、 昭阳区 、 班昭 、 昭烈帝 、 昭成皇帝 、 昭明太子 、 昭成 、 昭平县 、 萧昭文 、 昭明文选 、 昭通市 、 漠昭蒂 、 昭披耶帕康

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• 卷五十二 吳書七 張顧諸葛步傳 Volume 52: Book of Wu 7 - Biographies of Zhang, Gu, Zhuge, and Bu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 75
• 卷五十二 唐書28: 列傳四 李嗣昭 裴約 李嗣本 李嗣恩 Volume 52 Book of Later Tang 28: Biographies 4 - Li Sizhao, Pei Yue, Li Siben, Li Si'en Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 62
• 卷一百七十九 列傳第一百二十九: 蕭遘 孔緯 韋昭度 崔昭緯 張濬 朱樸 鄭綮 劉崇望 徐彥若 陸扆 柳璨 Volume 179 Biographies 129: Xiao Gou, Kong Wei, Wei Zhaodu, Cui Zhaowei, Zhang Jun, Zhu Pu, Zheng Qi, Liu Chongwang, Xu Yanruo, Lu Yu, Liu Can Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 61
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 60
• 卷二百六十三 列傳第二十二 張昭 竇儀 呂餘慶 劉熙古 石熙載 李穆 Volume 263 Biographies 22: Zhang Zhao, Dou Yi, Lu Yuqing, Liu Xigu, Shi Xizai, Li Mu History of Song 宋史 — count: 50
• 卷二十上 本紀第二十上: 昭宗 Volume 20 Annals 20: Zhaozong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 47
• 卷二 梁書2: 太祖本紀二 Volume 2 Book of Later Liang 2: Taizu Annals 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 46
• 卷四十三 雜傳第三十一: 氏叔琮 李彥威 李振 裴迪 韋震 孔循 孫德昭 王敬蕘 蔣殷 Volume 43 Miscellaneous Biographies 23: Shi Shucong, Li Yanwei, Li Zhen, Pei Di, Wei Zhen, Kong Xun, Sun Dezhao, Wang Jingrao, Jiang Yin New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 46
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• 卷98 島夷蕭道成 島夷蕭衍 Volume 98: Xiao Daocheng of the Daoyi People, Xiaoyan of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 45

Collocations

• 昭子 (昭子) 考朕昭子刑 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 37
• 昭子曰 (昭子曰) 叔孫昭子曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 13
• 昭伯 (昭伯) 齊人使昭伯烝於宣姜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 12
• 叔孙昭 (叔孫昭) 叔孫昭子之不勞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
• 昭事 (昭事) 昭事上帝 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 6
• 昭卒 (昭卒) 齊侯昭卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 昭假 (昭假) 昭假無贏 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧雲漢 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yun Han — count: 5
• 昭德 (昭德) 王乃昭德之致于異姓之邦 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 旅獒 Zhou Shu - Hounds of Lu — count: 5
• 子昭 (子昭) 楚子昭卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 臧昭 (臧昭) 臧昭伯之從弟會 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3