zhào

to call together

to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

knife (刀) + mouth (口) = summon with a commanding voice

The mouth (口) carries the meaning: a voice issuing a call to gather. The knife (刀) sits above mainly as a phonetic hint toward the zhào sound, not as a semantic clue.

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MouthSemantic

老师把全班同学集在一起开会。

lǎo shī bǎ quán bān tóng xué zhào jí zài yī qǐ kāi huì。

The teacher called all the classmates together to hold a meeting.

国王见了从远方来的使者。

guó wáng zhào jiàn le cóng yuǎn fāng lái de shǐ zhě。

The king summoned the envoy who had come from a distant place.

Words with 召

选召

xuǎn zhào

chosen and called

南召

nán zhào

see 南召縣|南召县[Nan2 zhao4 Xian4]

南召县

nán zhào xiàn

Nanzhao, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan

召募

zhào mù

to recruit; to enlist

召唤

zhào huàn

to summon

召回

zhào huí

to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)

召妓

zhào jì

to hire a prostitute

召见

zhào jiàn

call in (one's subordinates)

召开

zhào kāi

to convene (a conference or meeting)

召陵

shào líng

see 召陵區|召陵区[Shao4 ling2 Qu1]

召陵区

shào líng qū

Shaoling, a district of Luohe City 漯河市[Luo4 he2 Shi4], Henan

召集

zhào jí

to convene; to call together

More characters with 刀