DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

朝

Mandarin · pinyin cháo#

imperial or royal court
government
dynasty
reign of a sovereign or emperor
court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor
to make a pilgrimage to
facing
towards

Mandarin · pinyin zhāo#

morning

Mandarin · pinyin Cháo#

abbr. for 朝鮮 Cháo xiǎn Korea

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

朝: cháo · dynasty; morning

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2 · chao2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link13same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

朝 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 19 senses · 3 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ciu4 · ziu1 · zyu1

Cantonese word readings for 朝. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

morning
daytime; day; full day
(obsolete) beginning; start
(Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min) breakfast
a surname

character

(historical) to wish elders or seniors good health; to visit (a senior person)
(historical) to have an audience with the king or emperor; to perform the morning ceremony; to go to court
to make a pilgrimage to; to pay homage to
to assemble; to call; to gather
imperial court
dynasty (line of rulers)
emperor's reign; period ruled by a particular emperor or king
government; imperial government
affairs of the state
(historical) courtier class
(Huizhou) paternal grandfather
to face
towards; to; on
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 朝鮮／朝鲜 (Cháoxiǎn, “North Korea; Korea”)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack