zhào

decree

To issue a decree  also provides the pronunciation

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

召 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

zhàoshào

  

summon

Evolution

詔 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
詔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
詔 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
詔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhào

decree, proclaim; imperial decree; imperial order

Most common words with 詔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

imperial order

诏书

edict

下诏

to hand down an imperial edict

诏令

imperial order

南诏

Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia