詔

See also 诏

Translingual

Han character

詔 (radical 149 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸竹口 (YRSHR), four-corner 0766₂)

1. decree, proclaim
2. imperial decree

References

• KangXi: page 1155, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35379
• Dae Jaweon: page 1620, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3959, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A54

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Cantonese

Hanzi

詔 (simplified 诏, Yale jiu3)

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Japanese

Kanji

詔 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: みことのり (mikotonori), つげる (tsugeru)

Trivia

This is one of only three everyday kanji with a 5 morae reading, and one of only two nouns, namely 詔 (みことのり, mikotonori). The only other kanji with a 5 morae reading are 承, in the verb 承る (（うけたまわ）る, uketamawa-ru), and 志 (こころざし, kokorozashi), and no everyday kanji have a 6 or more morae reading.

The unusually long reading is due to it representing a triple compound word, analyzed as 御言宣 mi-koto-nori, yielding 1+2+2=5.

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Korean

Hanja

詔 (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

詔 (simplified 诏, pinyin zhào (zhao4), Wade-Giles chao⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

詔 (chiếu)