imperial order

诏 character breakdown

surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: an intercom to call everyone together. James II of England (zh) prepares a few mandarins (口) for everyone in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) by cutting them with a cleaver (刀). As he is finished he calls everyone together (召) over the intercom (召) to come over and fetch a piece.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 诏 as component

诏 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 诏

edict / written imperial order
posthumous edict of former emperor / Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 edict to posterity
Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia
Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure
to receive an imperial command
secret imperial edict
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
to respond to an imperial decree
the pretense of acting on imperial order
Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
an Imperial edict
imperial prison
imperial decree
posthumous edict (of former emperor)
to hand down an imperial edict

Sentences with 诏

yi̅
lǎo
chén
kàn
lái
 
 
bù
rú
xié
dài
zhào
shu̅
 
 
zhào
ta̅
shàng
tia̅n