# 召 U+53EC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EC

A Chinese character meaning “imperial decree; summon”, read zhào in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `召` |
| Codepoint | U+53EC |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EC |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `召` `召` |
| CSS | `\53EC` |
| JavaScript | `\u53EC` |
| UTF-8 | E5 8F AC |
| UTF-16 | 53EC |
| Definition | imperial decree; summon |
| Mandarin | zhào |
| Cantonese | ziu6 |
| Japanese | SHOU MESU |
| Korean | SO CO |

## Related characters

- 叫 [U+53EB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EB](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EB)
- 叭 [U+53ED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53ED](https://unicodekit.com/char/53ED)
- 只 [U+53EA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EA](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EA)
- 叮 [U+53EE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EE)
- 叩 [U+53E9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E9](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E9)
- 可 [U+53EF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EF](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EF)
- 叨 [U+53E8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E8](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E8)
- 台 [U+53F0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F0](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F0)
- 叧 [U+53E7 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E7](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E7)
- 叱 [U+53F1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F1](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F1)
- 另 [U+53E6 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E6](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E6)
- 史 [U+53F2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F2](https://unicodekit.com/char/53F2)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/53EC · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/53EC