Character: 昭
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhāo
Preclassic Old Chinese: taw
Classic Old Chinese: taw
Western Han Chinese: taw
Eastern Han Chinese: ćaw
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćew
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćew
Middle Chinese: ćew
English meaning : be bright, illustrious;to manifest, enlighten
Russian meaning[s]: 1) освещать, озарять; выяснять; ясный, светлый; очевидный; 2) блистательный, славный; прославлять; 3) Чжао (фамилия)
Comments: Sch. gives also a reading MC ćéw 'be bright, glorious', which I was unable to locate anywhere. Another reading of the character is OC *daw, MC ʒ́ew 'shrined on the left side of the temple'.
Radical: 72
Four-angle index: 1347
Karlgren code: 1131 m
Go-on: seu
Kan-on: seu
Japanese reading: shō;akiraka;teru;terasu
