照

照 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日口火 (ARF), four-corner 6733₆, composition ⿱昭灬)

• 燳, 𬡰, 𬪸, 𥵕

• 炤 (Variant form)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 677, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19226
• Dae Jaweon: page 1089, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2221, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7167

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjews) : semantic 灬 (“fire”) + phonetic 昭 (OC *tjew) – shine the light of a fire on.

Exoactive of 昭 (OC *tjew, “bright”) (Schuessler, 2007).

照

1. to shine upon; to illuminate

   • 雪白明月照在大地 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 伍佰, 挪威的森林

     Xuěbái míngyuè zhào zài dàdì [Pinyin]

     The bright moon white as snow illuminates the earth

2. to reflect; to look (in the mirror)
3. to contrast; to compare
4. to notify; to inform
5. to take care of

   • 你唔使驚，有大人喺度照住。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你唔使惊，有大人喺度照住。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1994, Stephen Chow, in Hail the Judge

     nei⁵ m⁴ sai² geng¹, jau⁵ daai⁶ jan⁴ hai² dou⁶ ziu³ zyu⁶. [Jyutping]

     You do not need to be afraid. I am here providing protection [to you].

6. to take a photo
7. sunshine; sunlight
8. photo; photograph; picture

   結婚照／结婚照  ―  jiéhūnzhào  ―  wedding photo

9. license; permit
10. according to; as; in accordance with
11. regardless; anyway; continue to

    唔應該食嘅都照食落去 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔应该食嘅都照食落去 [Cantonese, simp.]

    m⁴ jing¹ goi¹ sik⁶ ge³ dou¹ ziu³ sik⁶ lok⁶ heoi³ [Jyutping]

    to eat something one shouldn't eat anyway

12. towards; to

• (to shine upon): 反射 (fǎnshè), 映 (yìng)

照

1. (Southern Min) to illuminate; to cast light upon; to light up

• “Entry #9746”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: てる (teru, 照る, Jōyō); てり (teri, 照り); てらす (terasu, 照らす, Jōyō); てれる (tereru, 照れる, Jōyō); てれ (tere, 照れ)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); あり (ari); てり (teri); とし (toshi); のぶ (nobu); みつ (mitsu)

• 天(あま)照(てらす) (Amaterasu)

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕʲoː/

From Middle Chinese 照 (MC tsyewH).

照(しょう) • (shō) ^{←せう (seu)?}

1. illuminate, shine
2. sunlight
3. compare
4. photograph

Nominalization of 照らし (terashi), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 照らす (terasu, “to shine on something, to illuminate something”).

照(てらし) • (Terashi) 

1. a male given name

From Middle Chinese 照 (MC tsyewH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [조(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 照 (eumhun 비칠 조 (bichil jo))

1. Hanja form^? of 조 (“to illuminate; to shine”).
2. Hanja form^? of 조 (“to contrast; to compare”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

照: Hán Nôm readings: chiếu

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