朝(cháo)

HSK 312 strokes
Readingscháozhāo

abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea

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Character information

Pinyin
cháo / zhāo
Meaning
abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 朝 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰龺月

In this compound, the meaning comes from 月 (moon); 龺 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

龺月yuè

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 朝 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 朝

Common words using 朝 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhōng中cháo朝

Sino-Korean; China and North Korea

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jīn今cháo朝

(dialect) today; (literary) the present; this age

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lái来cháo朝

(literary) tomorrow (morning)

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yī一cháo朝yī一xī夕

lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)

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rén人shēng生cháo朝lù露

human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human ex…

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yuán元cháo朝

Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

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liù六cháo朝

Six Dynasties (220-589)

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qián前cháo朝

the previous dynasty

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 朝’s common words

中今来一夕人生露

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