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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
召 糸 ⿰糹召
Mandarin
shao4, chao1
English
Definitions
connect; to introduce; carry on; continue; to join; hand down
Mnemonic
Summon 召 someone and join 糸 them to another
Etymology
Notes
Original form showed thread 糸 and knife 刀; compare 繼