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趙
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赵
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Zhao

HSK 10
Human →Actions
zhào
チョウ、ジョウ、キョウ
조
Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.
Components
走 walk+ 肖 resemble =
趙 Zhao
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
walk, go on foot
肖 Phonetic component
xiào resemble
look like, resemble, be like
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Notes
Similar Characters
陡 steep赳 valiant赴 go to赶 pursue (simp)起 begin赸 趁 take advantage of趄 lame超 transcend越 surpass趋 hurry (simp)趑 can't move趔 not progressing趕 hurry (trad)趟 trip趣 interest趦 unable to move趨 hasten (trad)趯 jump (iii)趱 go in hurry (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
趙
Regular
Modern
Chinese
赵 / 趙 [Zhào]
surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
赵 / 趙 [zhào]
to surpass (old)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
趙 こずえ
Kozue female given name
趙 しょう
Shou surname
趙 じやお
Jiyao surname
趙 じょ
Jo unclassified name
趙 じよ
Jiyo surname
趙 ぞう
Zou unclassified name
趙 ちょ
Cho surname
趙 ちょう
Chō surname
Zhao (Chao) (country from the warring states period in China) place name
趙 ひよん
Hiyon surname
CHINESE WORDS (36)
赵本山 [Zhào​Běn​shān] #10,577
Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
完璧归赵 [wán​bì​guī​Zhào] #34,615
lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
赵薇 [Zhào​Wēi] #14,442
Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
赵云 [Zhào​Yún] #18,748
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
赵紫阳 [Zhào​Zǐ​yáng] #20,974
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
赵国 [Zhào​Guó] #27,557
Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
赵匡胤 [Zhào​Kuāng​yìn] #30,505
Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
赵括 [Zhào​Kuò] #33,022
Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
赵高 [Zhào​Gāo] #38,233
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
后赵 [Hòu​Zhào] #41,695
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
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