召
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- to call together
- to summon
- to convene
- temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
Shào shao4
- surname Shao
- name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
Example sentences
- In that case we should start by having a family meeting.
- The committee meets twice a month.
HSK words with 召
More words with 召
- 召回 zhàohuí to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
- 召见 zhàojiàn call in (one's subordinates)
- 应召 yìngzhào to respond to a call
- 感召 gǎnzhào to move and appeal
- 蒙召 méngzhào to be called by God
- 选召 xuǎnzhào chosen and called
- 征召 zhēngzhào to enlist
- 呼召 hūzhào to call (to do something)
- 扬召 yángzhào to flag down (a cab) on the street