Unicode: U+7167

Pinyin: zhào

Definition

* 光线射在物体上。 日~。~耀。~射。 * 对着镜子或其他反光的东西看自己或其他人物的影像。 ~镜子。 * 摄影。 ~相。拍~。 * 画像或相片。 小~。写~。 * 看顾。 ~管。~顾。 * 按着,依着。 依~。遵~。~搬。~本宣科。 * 凭证。 护~。牌~。执~。 * 知晓。 心~不宣。肝胆相~。 * 通知,通告。 知~。~会。 * 对着,向着。 ~壁。~敌人开枪。 * 查对。 对~。查~

shine, illumine, reflect

Structure

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
33_E97B
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_7167
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
93_EA2893_EA2A93_EA2993_EA27
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
84_E47A84_E47B84_E47C84_E47D84_E47E84_E47F

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC