朝

cháo, zhāo

to face; towards; facing; (imperial) court; dynasty; reign; (zhāo) morning; day

Radical: 月 HSK 3 p, tg, b, v, q pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

朝 decomposes into the following components:

龺 月

Semantic component: 月; phonetic component: 龺.

Words containing 朝

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 朝.

中朝
zhōng cháo
Sino-Korean
临朝
lín cháo
to hold a court audience
今朝
jīn zhāo
at the present
伪朝
wěi cháo
bogus dynasty
元朝
yuán cháo
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
六朝
liù cháo
Six Dynasties (220-589)
兲朝
tiān cháo
前朝
qián cháo
the previous dynasty
北朝
běi cháo
Northern Dynasties (386-581)
南朝
nán cháo
Southern Dynasties (420-589)
周朝
zhōu cháo
Zhou Dynasty
唐朝
táng cháo
Tang dynasty (618-907)

Related characters (radical 月)

Characters that share the radical 月.

月 有 朋 服 朐 朔 朕 朗 望 期 朦 朧 胧

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