cháo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 surname Chao (classical)
  2. 2 old form of 朝, morning (archaic)

Examples

晁盖水浒传梁山第一首领
Cháo Gài shì 《 Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn 》 lǐ Liángshān de dìyī rèn shǒulǐng.
Chao Gai is the first chieftain of Liangshan in Water Margin.

Tips

history
is not used as a common word in modern Chinese; it occurs almost only as a surname. It is an old variant of in the sense of morning, written with sun over for the sound.
culture
The best-known bearer is 晁盖, the first leader of the Liangshan outlaws in the classic novel 《水浒传》.

Components

radical
sun; day
Sun on top — fitting, since is an old way of writing morning, when the sun rises.
phonetic
zhào
omen; trillion
below supplies the sound (zhào to cháo). The same phonetic appears in , and .

Stroke Order

cháo