漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
兆: portent, 10**12
Also: trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
JLPT N26 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
儿 and 冫 carry the meaning
6 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 兆ちょうtrillion, billion
- 兆候ちょうこうsign, omen, symptom
- 前兆ぜんちょうomen, portent, sign
- 吉兆きっちょうlucky omen
- 一兆いっちょう1,000,000,000,000, trillion
きざすkizasu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 兆すきざすshow signs or indications
きざしkizashi · kun'yomi
- 兆しきざしsigns, omens, symptoms
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall on your own two feet! This radical represents the physical foundation of a person—their legs and their incredible ability to walk, stand firm, and move through the world.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兆 gives its sound to
The family reading is チョウ (chou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhào
Same form: 兆 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 兆 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 兆 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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