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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 昭

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
昭 zhāo - bright
- clear
- manifest
- to show clearly

List Ranking for: 昭

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 20,140 12,002 15,209

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 日 召

Radical:

日

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

召

Semantic:

日

Hint:

Sun

Other Words Containing 昭

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
臭名昭著 - - 11,498 40,000 42,566
昭 - - 20,140 12,002 15,209
昭和 - - 29,501 - -
昭雪 - - 45,441 72,329 63,997
昭示 - - 50,002 24,660 37,085
昭然若揭 - - 54,923 56,756 55,275
王昭君 - - 67,493 59,358 46,122
司马昭 - - 69,045 82,038 79,554