| 昭 | zhāo | bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly |
| 昭雪 | zhāo xuě | to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate |
| 大昭寺 | Dà zhāo sì | Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism |
| 王昭君 | Wáng Zhāo jūn | Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 汉元帝, one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女 |
| 臭名昭著 | chòu míng zhāo zhù | notorious; infamous; egregious (bandits) |
司马昭之心路人所
知 | Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén suǒ zhī | Sima Zhao's stratagem is obvious to everyone; fig. an open secret |
| 唐昭宗 | Táng Zhāo zōng | Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李晔 (867-904), reigned 888-904 |
| 小昭寺 | Xiǎo zhāo sì | Ramoche Temple, Lhasa |
| 恶名昭彰 | è míng zhāo zhāng | notorious |
| 恶名昭著 | è míng zhāo zhù | to be notorious (idiom) |
| 昭和 | Zhāo hé | Showa, reign name of Emperor Hirohito of Japan 1925-1989 |
| 昭平 | Zhāo píng | Zhaoping county in Hezhou 贺州, Guangxi |
| 昭平县 | Zhāo píng xiàn | Zhaoping county in Hezhou 贺州, Guangxi |
| 昭披耶帕康 | Zhāo pī yē pà kāng | Chao Phya Phra Klang, 18th century Thai politician and writer |
| 昭披耶河 | Zhāo pī yē hé | Chao Phraya river, the main river of Thailand |
| 昭然若揭 | zhāo rán ruò jiē | abundantly clear |
| 昭示 | zhāo shì | to declare publicly; to make clear |
| 昭苏 | Zhāo sū | Zhaosu county or Mongghulküre nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang |
| 昭苏县 | Zhāo sū xiàn | Zhaosu county or Mongghulküre nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang |
| 昭觉 | Zhāo jué | Zhaojue county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan |
| 昭觉县 | Zhāo jué xiàn | Zhaojue county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan |
| 昭通 | Zhāo tōng | Zhaotong prefecture level city in Yunnan |
| 昭通地区 | Zhāo tōng dì qū | Zhaotong prefecture in Yunnan |
| 昭通市 | Zhāo tōng shì | Zhaotong prefecture level city in Yunnan |
| 昭阳 | Zhāo yáng | Zhaoyang district of Zhaotong city 昭通市, Yunnan |
| 昭阳区 | Zhāo yáng qū | Zhaoyang district of Zhaotong city 昭通市, Yunnan |
| 跌宕昭彰 | diē dàng zhāo zhāng | flowing (of prose); free |
