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Character Decomposition
召=刀+口
Etymology
mouth
Meanings2 pronunciations
zhào
to call together
to summon
to convene
temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
Shào
surname Shao
name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
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Words with 召 101 total
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