召
Meanings
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- 1.surname Shao
- 2.name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
- 1.to call together
- 2.to summon
- 3.to convene
- 4.temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
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Wiktionary
- 1.imperial decree
- 2.to call together; to convene; to summon
- 3.temple or monastery (used in placenames in Inner Mongolia)
- 4.a surname, Shao
- 5.State of Shao, an ancient state that existed in modern-day Shaanxi Province
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Etymology
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.
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