照

zhào

variant of 照; to shine; to illuminate

Radical: 灬 HSK 3 v, p, g, d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

照 decomposes into the following components:

昭 灬

Semantic component: 灬; phonetic component: 昭.

Words containing 照

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 照.

L照
l zhào
仿照
fǎng zhào
依照
yī zhào
光照
guāng zhào
关照
guān zhào
写照
xiě zhào
凭照
píng zhào
剧照
jù zhào
参照
cān zhào
反照
fǎn zhào
合照
hé zhào
夕照
xī zhào

Related characters (radical 灬)

Characters that share the radical 灬.

灬 点 為 烈 烏 烝 热 烹 焉 焘 無 焦 然 煎 煞 煦 煮 熊 熏 熙 熟 熬 熱 熹

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