召

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.

刀+口→召
刀KnifePhonetic
口MouthSemantic

老师把全班同学召集在一起开会。

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.

国王召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

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

号召力

hào zhào lì

to have the power to rally supporters

召唤

zhào huàn

to summon

召集人

zhào jí rén

convener

选召

xuǎn zhào

chosen and called

召募

zhào mù

to recruit; to enlist

召回

zhào huí

to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)

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

More characters with 刀

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