照 zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine
Made up of [灬 huǒ fire (as radical) radical 86, 刀 dāo knife , 日 rì sun; day radical 72]Made with 5 strokes.
The 'sun' and 'heat' suggest 'shine' and also 'enlightenment'
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Also uses 灬 huǒ component: 炒 chǎo (to sauté) 点 diǎn (spot) 黑 hēi (black) 蒸 zhēng (to steam) 煮 zhǔ (to cook)
Also uses 刀 dāo component: 初 chū (at first) 分 fēn (divide) 剪 jiǎn (scissors) 所 suǒ (actually)
Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) 昌 chāng (prosperous) 春 chūn (spring) 旦 dàn (dawn) 婚 hūn (to marry) 间 jiàn (gap) 间 jiān (between) 景 jǐng (bright) 旧 jiù (old) 明 míng (bright) 莫 mò (do not) 普 pǔ (general) 晴 qíng (clear sky) 是 shì (is) 时 shí (time) 暑 shǔ (heat) 晚 wǎn (evening) 香 xiāng (fragrant) 星 xīng (star) 阳 yáng (yang) 易 yì (easy) 音 yīn (sound) 影 yǐng (picture) 早 zǎo (early) 者 zhě (in process of) 桌 zhuō (table) 最 zuì (most) 昨 zuó (previous)
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朝 zhāo (dynasty) 找 zhǎo (to try to find)Pronunciation
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