召 zhào

1. zhào verb to call together; to summon; to convene
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 召集 call together (Guoyu '召' v 1; Mathews 1931 '召', p. 27; Unihan '召')
2. zhào verb to recruit; to attract
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 招致; for example, 召祸 court disaster (Guoyu '召' v 2)
3. zhào noun an imperial decree
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '召')
4. shào proper noun Shao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '召' shào n 2)
5. shào proper noun state of Shao
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: Historic state in the area of present-day Shaanxi (Guoyu '召' shào n 1)
6. zhào verb to summon; āhūta
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āhūta, Japanese: shou (BCSD '召', p. 233; MW 'āhūta'; SH '召', p. 169; Unihan '召')

Contained in

• 呼召声(呼召聲) vocative case
• 召集人 convener ; Executive Convener
• 钩召法(鉤召法) ankusa
• 云何法请召(云何法請召) Which are the rituals for summoning deities?
• 召请(召請) Summoning ; to invite
• 钩召(鉤召) summoning; akarsana
• 请召(請召) invite; attract; akarsani ; Akarsani
• 总召集人(總召集人) General Convener

Also contained in

召见 、 蒙召 、 召对 、 召辟 、 召耕 、 召集 、 召公 、 扬召 、 南召 、 美事召美类 、 召诰 、 召回 、 召唤 、 召开 、 应召女郎 、 召祸 、 号召 、 奉召 、 召募 、 召开会议 、 号召力 、 召选 、 前生召唤 、 感召力 、 呼召 、 选召 、 召陵 、 宣召 、 召租 、 征召 、 南召县 、 应召 、 应召站 、 召陵区 、 感召

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 2 Da Ban Niepan Jing Shu 大般涅槃經疏 — count: 59
• Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Shu 大般涅槃經疏 — count: 50
• Scroll 51 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 36 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Great Usnisa Radiance Sitatapatra Divine Powers Collected Dharanis Sutra, Yamantaka Golden Wheel Samadhi Mantra (Da Fo Ding Rulai Fang Guang Xi Da Duo Ban Da Luo Da Shenli Dou She Yiqie Zhou Wang Tuoluoni Jing Da Wei De Zui Sheng Jin Lun Sanmei Zhou Pin) 大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切呪王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧呪品 — count: 35
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 33
• Scroll 26 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 29
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 29
• Scroll 1 The Exorcism Method of Dizang’s Aspiration Toward Great Awakening (Da Dadao Xin Qu Ce Fa) 峚𡇪窖大道心驅策法 — count: 27 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 23
• Scroll 13 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 22

Collocations

• 召群臣 (召群臣) 王即召群臣 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 9
• 召相师 (召相師) 即召相師占其童子 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 七佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 王召 (王召) 王召諸群臣能瞻相者 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 7
• 召四兵 (召四兵) 大善見王即召四兵 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 召太子 (召太子) 王即召太子阿晨 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 召一 (召一) 王復召一婆羅門具說十夢 — Geigu Zhangzhe Nu De Du Jing (Sumāgadhavadānasūtra) 佛說給孤長者女得度因緣經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 速召 (速召) 願王速召輔相大堅固婆羅門 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 召梵志 (召梵志) 王召梵志道士 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 召左右 (召左右) 即召左右傍臣 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 51 — count: 3
• 召诸比丘 (召諸比丘) 汝可召諸比丘依此王舍城而住止者 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 3