Chinese Character Wiki
兆

zhào

omen

Original meaning: 

escape

Originally a pictograph of two people escaping a flood. Based on the original meaning "escape", now written as 逃. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

兆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
兆 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
兆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

兆  

zhào

omen; million; mega; also trillion. China = million; Japan and Taiwan = trillion; to foretell; mega-; trillion; tera-; billion (old)

兆  

Zhào

surname Zhao

Most common words with 兆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

征兆

omen

预兆

omen

兆赫

megahertz

兆头

omen

前兆

omen

Component uses

Sound component in 14 characters (3 verified)

逃 跳 挑 桃 姚 眺 晁 窕 洮 鼗 祧 銚 铫 珧

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

逃

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lr[a]wʔ

drjewX

zhào

great number


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.9129% of movies

2143rd most common character in movies

2246th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5146

Shuowen

“，灼龜坼也。从卜、兆，象形。兆，古文兆省。”


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