照 (zhào)

to shine; to take (photo); according to

How 照 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
日 — sun/day
Traditional
照
Simplified
照 (unchanged)

Common words using 照

照片 zhàopiàn
photograph; picture; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4],幅[fu2]
合照 hézhào
to pose for a photo
拍照 pāizhào
to take a picture
按照 ànzhào
according to; in accordance with; in the light of
日照 rìzhào
Rizhao prefecture level city in Shandong
普照 pǔzhào
to illuminate everything (of the sun)
照亮 zhàoliàng
to illuminate; to light up; lighting
照常 zhàocháng
(business etc) as usual
照樣 zhàoyàng
as before; (same) as usual
照相 zhàoxiàng
to take a photograph
照顧 zhàogu
to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to
護照 hùzhào
passport; CL:本[ben3],個|个[ge4]

照 in a sentence

我們來拍張照做紀念吧!

Wǒmen lái pāi zhāng zhào zuò jìniàn ba!

“Let's take a photo as a souvenir!”

How common is 照?

照 is the 443rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 73.2% of all running text.

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