TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 字
詔
ㄓㄠˋ · zhào
noun/verb — an imperial decree; to instruct, proclaim from above
字源 FORM — what the parts do
召聲zhào — to summon; gives the sound and the calling-down sensedual-role: 召 (to call, summon) lends both the sound and the meaning
Speech (言) plus 召 (zhào, to summon) — words called down from above. 召 gives both the sound and the sense: a superior summons and instructs. From any instruction-from-above it narrowed, after the First Emperor, to one thing: the imperial decree, 詔書, 下詔.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
上頭一句話（言）召（召）下來，底下的人就得照辦——這是詔。
A word (言) is called (召) down from above, and those below must obey — that is 詔.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)告諭、下詔— to instruct, proclaim from above
→詔書、聖詔— an imperial decree常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension