昭: bright; illustrious

昭 zhāo

: bright; clear; luminous; illustrious
: manifest; to show clearly

Kun Reading
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明らか | あきらか akiraka

noun | na-adjective
: obvious; evident; clear; plain

昭和 zhao1he2: Showa, reign name of Emperor Hirohito of Japan 1925-1989
[しょうわ shouwa: Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)]

昭示 zhao1shi4: to declare publicly; to make clear

昭雪 zhao1xue3: to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
昭々 | しょうしょう shoushou: clear; bright; plain; obvious

昭代 | しょうだい shoudai: glorious reign; enlightened era
昭和時代 | しょうわじだい shouwa jidai: Showa period (1926-1989 CE)

昭和一桁 | しょうわひとけた shouwa hitoketa
: (yoji) (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Showa period (from 1926 to 1934)

昭和元禄 | しょうわげんろく shouwa genroku
: (yoji) the flourishing mid-Showa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease

Chinese Personality
司馬昭 [司马昭]: Sima Zhao (211-265), courtesy name Zishang, military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏 during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

He maintained control of Wei, seized by his father Sima Yi and maintained by his older brother Sima Shi, and had himself created the King of Jin – the penultimate step before usurpation of the throne – although he never actually ascended to the throne.

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
昭然若揭 zhao1 ran2 ruo4 jie1
: abundantly clear

惡名昭彰 [恶名昭彰] e4 ming2 zhao1 zhang1
OR
惡名昭著 [恶名昭著] e4 ming2 zhao1 zhu4
: notorious; infamous

臭名昭彰 chou4 ming2 zhao1 zhang1
: notorious for his misdeeds; infamous

司馬昭之心路人所知 [司马昭之心路人所知] si1 ma3 zhao1 zhi1 xin1 lu4 ren2 suo3 zhi1
: Sima Zhao’s stratagem is obvious to everyone; fig. an open secret

司馬昭之心路人皆知 [司马昭之心路人皆知] si1 ma3 zhao1 zhi1 xin1 lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1
: lit. Sima Zhao’s intentions are obvious to everyone; fig. an open secret. A person’s supposed hidden intention (in this case, usurping the throne) is so well known that it is not really hidden