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召: imperial decree | place name

 

召 zhào

verb | noun
: to call together; to summon; imperial decree
: to convene
: temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia

召 shào

noun
: place name; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
: (Chinese surname)

Kun Reading

召す | めす mesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: (Honorific or respectful language) to call; to invite; to send for; to summon
: to eat; to drink
: to put on; to wear
: to ride
: to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one’s fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
: to do
: (Archaism) honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb

召し | めし meshi

noun
: summons; call

召される | めされる mesareru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: (Honorific or respectful language) to do
: to eat; to drink
: to put on; to wear
: to buy
: to ride
: to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one’s fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku); () (Archaism) (Honorific or respectful language) honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb

召ずる | しょうずる shouzuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one’s guest

On Reading

ショウ shou

 Usage:

召開[开] zhao4kai1: to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together
召集 zhao4ji2: to convene; to gather
[しょうしゅう shoushuu: convening; calling together (e.g. parliament]
召回 zhao4hui2: to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
召喚 [唤] zhao4huan4: to summon; to beckon; to call
[召喚 |  しょうかん shoukan: summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling; summoning]
召見[见] zhao4jian4: call in (one’s subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
號[号]召 hao4zhao4: to call; to appeal
呼召 hu1zhao4: to call (to do something)
奉召 feng4zhao4: to receive orders
徵[征]召 zheng1zhao4: to enlist; to draft; to conscript; to appoint to an official position

召 shao4: place name; family name

召陵 [召陵] shao4ling2: Shaoling district of Luohe city 漯河市, Henan

召陵區 [召陵区] shao4ling2 qu1: Shaoling district of Luohe city 漯河市, Henan

召集令 shao4ji2 lìng: call-up
[しょうしゅうれい shoushuurei: mustering-out order; callup]
召集員 [召集员] shao4ji2 yuan2: caller
召喚者 [召唤者] shao4huan4 zhe3: summoner
[召集者 | しょうしゅうしゃ shoushuusha: convenor]
宣召 xuan1shao4: to proselytize



Japanese common word | expression
召し上る | めしあがる meshi agaru: to eat

召し上がり物 | めしあがりもの meshi agari mono: food

天に召される | てんにめされる ten ni mesareru
: to die; to ascend to heaven

天国に召される | てんごくにめされる tengoku ni mesareru
: to go to heaven; to be called to heaven

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
口 (kou3: mouth radical 30) suggests the meaning while
(dao1: knife radical 18) provides the sound.



 Examples:

お風呂をお召しください。
おふろをおめしください ofuro o omeshi kudasai
Please take a bath.

 

他是在緊急情况下被召去臨時補缺的。
ta1 shi4 zai4 jin3ji2 qing1kuang4 xia4 bei4 zhao4 qu4 lin2shi2 bu3que1 de
He was called on to fill in an emergency.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary