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照
炤
zhào
1. variant of [[照<zhào>]]
2. to shine
3. to illuminate
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

照
zhào
to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
HSK 3 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

照旧
zhàojiù
as before
艳照
yànzhào
nude picture
照相
zhàoxiàng
to take a photograph
照耀
zhàoyào
to shine
HSK 6
照办
zhàobàn
to follow the rules
牌照
páizhào
license plate
照发
zhàofā
to provide as before
照直
zhàozhí
directly
照看
zhàokàn
to look after
照管
zhàoguǎn
to look after
照登
zhàodēng
to publish unaltered, as in the original
照护
zhàohù
care
照片
zhàopiàn
photograph
HSK 3
照顾
zhàogu
to take care of
HSK 3
照映
zhàoyìng
to shine
照壁
zhàobì
a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy)
照得
zhàodé
seeing that
照度
zhàodù
illumination (i.e. intensity of light)
光照
guāngzhào
illumination
照搬
zhàobān
to copy

Alternate Entries

照
zhào
according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
442
Word Frequency Rank
489 of 84,292