cháozhāo

dynasty

Original meaning: 

early morning

Depicts the early part of morning when the sun () can still be seen on the horizon between blades of grass (), and the moon () is still in the sky. Based on the original meaning "early morning". The meaning later shifted to "morning audience at court", "facing", "royal court", and "dynasty".

Components
屮 iconic component

  Iconic component

chè

  

sprout

日 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

sun

屮 iconic component

  Iconic component

chè

  

sprout

月 iconic component

  Iconic component

yuè

  

moon

Evolution

朝 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
朝 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
朝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
朝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
朝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cháo

dynasty; morning; imperial or royal court; government; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards

 

Cháo

abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo​xiǎn] Korea

Most common words with 朝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

dynasty

朝鲜

North Korea

朝着

facing

朝廷

court

王朝

dynasty

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-t<r>aw

drjew

cháo

(morning) audience at court

*t<r>aw

trjew

zhāo

morning


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 31.8757% of movies

1156th most common character in movies

593rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+671D

Shuowen

“朝,旦也。从倝,舟聲。”


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