照
according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
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Dict coverage rank #598 U+7167
How 照 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
灬 (semantic, “fire”) + 昭 (phonetic, zhāo)
How to remember it
illuminate · Heisig RSH #178
昭 evident + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 照
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大头照 | dà tóu zhào | head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) |
| 日照市 | Rì zhào Shì | Rizhao, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 照相机 | zhào xiàng jī | camera; CL:台[tai2],部[bu4],架[jia4] |
| 正电子发射断层照相术 | zhèng diàn zǐ fā shè duàn céng zhào xiāng shù | positron emission tomography (PET) |
| 电照明 | diàn zhào míng | electric lighting |
| 回光反照 | huí guāng fǎn zhào | variant of 回光返照[hui2 guang1 fan3 zhao4] |
| 阳光普照 | yáng guāng pǔ zhào | (idiom) sunlight shines over all things; drenched in sunlight |
| 数码照相机 | shù mǎ zhào xiàng jī | digital camera |
| 福星高照 | fú xīng gāo zhào | lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign |
| 光照度 | guāng zhào dù | illuminance (physics) |
| 单色照片 | dān sè zhào piàn | monochrome photo; black and white picture |
| 照片子 | zhào piàn zi | to take an X-ray |
| 心照 | xīn zhào | to have a tacit understanding |
| 立体照片 | lì tǐ zhào piàn | three-dimensional photo |
| 无照 | wú zhào | without a license; without a permit |
| 照会 | zhào huì | a diplomatic note; letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments |
| 照单全收 | zhào dān quán shōu | to accept without question; to take sth at face value |
| 照发 | zhào fā | approved for distribution; to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on m… |
| 照面 | zhào miàn | to meet face-to-face |
| 长照 | cháng zhào | (Tw) (social welfare) long-term care (abbr. for 長期照顧|长期照顾[chang2 qi1 zhao4 gu5]) |