朝

HSK 5#1321 by frequencyradical 月

Cháo["p","tg","b","v","q"]

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

zhāo

morning

Examples

最大的卧室朝南。

The largest bedroom faces south.

他朝狗扔了一块肉。

He threw a piece of meat to a dog.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.