The 召 family
召 · zhào · shào name of an ancient state that existed… · ㄓㄠˋ — to call together
Know 召 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 超、招、紹、沼. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 超chāo · ㄔㄠ部首 走 · to walkto exceed; to overtake67%
- 招zhāo · ㄓㄠ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto recruit; to provoke80%
- 紹shào · ㄕㄠˋ部首 糹 絞絲旁 · fine silkto continue; to carry on67%
- 沼zhǎo · ㄓㄠˇ部首 氵 三點水 · waterpond; pool80%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 召 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 召 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 74%.
Words this family builds
- 介紹
- 超級
- 超過
- 招呼
- 超越
- 超人
- 招待
- 召喚
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