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CHINESE CHARACTER
zhāo
昭
昭
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clear; show
- Numbered pinyin
- zhao1
- English meanings
- clear; obvious; to show; to make known
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omen; sign
call; summon
seek
measure word (general)
marsh
towards
claw; talon
cover
begin; cause
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